Okay people I am gonna be honest, this is one of those stories that really wouldn't leave me alone until I wrote it. So I've decided that since I've wanted a Rosario + Vampire fic out for a while I search for the inspiration to write one of my bigger story names.

Speaking of bigger story names, I'm gonna have to admit that Verdant Gamer is going to be rewritten. It's all personal really, I mean when I looked back on the story I was disgusted by it, a lot of it was just… I can't even describe what I was thinking way back then… Either way it's in need of a rewrite and in the future it will happen.

Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this new story and hopefully it shall continue… I give you

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As Tatsumi walked out of his home, heading for the bus stop, he was thinking about his new life in this world.

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He clearly remembered Akame piercing his chest with Murasama, he remembered the poison flooding through his body and holding back Tyrant from evolving to become immune to the cursed poison…

And the next thing he knew he was being held in the arms of a young woman, and he was an infant…

And a dragon he had realized when his tail flicked into his view.

However it was clear beyond all doubt that worry was on the face of the woman holding him.

She was fairly young, her skin was tanned and her hair was long and brown, her eyes were bright red, violently red even, but no less filled with worry.

"He has no scales." The woman said, "Darling, our son, Tatsumi, is scaleless." Tatsumi noticed the woman was crying, no his mother was crying.

Then the man that Tatsumi assumed was his father walked into view, he too had brown hair and a youthful appearance, heck he actually looked like your average guy. In fact looking at the two of them together, Tatsumi- glad he had his original name- realized he would probably look a lot like he used to in his previous life.

"He is still our little dragon my love." Tatsumi's father said gently holding his mother's shoulders.

"We're dragons… We're known for our near impenetrable scales among other things." His mother cried, "He's vulnerable without them."

'I died and came back as a dragon with no scales.' Tatsumi thought slightly annoyed, 'I'll just have to work through it… For now though I think my new mom needs some help.'

So utilizing whatever muscles his infantile body could muster, he brushed his head against his mother's arm, causing her to flinch at the sudden movement and focus on Tatsumi's face, to which gave whatever sound he could release… A cute sounding mewl. If Mine, no if anyone had heard him he would never live it down.

Tatsumi's father chuckled, "I think he sensed how sad you were and wanted you to smile." He said as he scratched Tatsumi's head, which to him felt rather pleasant, "We'll get through this honey, we always do." He said.

"Yes." Tatusmi's mother said lifting Tatsumi up closer to her, only now he realized she just pulled him out of an egg, she must have taken a dragon-like form to lay it… Unless he was adopted by these people, which is looking less likely by the second. "We always do our best… Remember that succubus?"

Tatsumi's father groaned, "Please don't remind me." He groaned, "As much as I love you, I hated that Master/Slave fetish you forced me into for a month, I still feel that chain sometimes when you get mad at me."

'Did not need to know that.' Tatsumi thought.

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As Tatsumi grew older he eventually learned how to take human form, which whenever they were in the human world, as he learned he was born in a world full of monsters, he had to take his human form.

However his scales didn't grow in for 4 years, until he had accidentally gotten a cut from when he had slipped on the floor and his foreleg glided across a relatively sharp rock

His mind was filled with thoughts on how he would have been fine if he had scales, if he had the natural armor of dragons.

Then he felt a burning sensation, as well as a gasp from his mother as, looking at his draconic limb, as he was in dragon form at that time, he saw that his skin was shifting and twisting, in a few moments Tatsumi saw scales growing on his body at a rapid pace, within a minute his body was covered in pitch black scales that reflected his eyes, revealing them to be red with cross shaped pupils, the first time Tatsumi had actually looked at his reflection in his new life.

It was then that Tatsumi realized he wasn't just reborn as a Dragon, he was reborn with the body of Tyrant.

Of course Tatsumi only had a moment to realize this before his mother pulled him off the ground in her own draconic form and began to cheer loudly at the fact he had grown scales.

And now that Tatsumi knew what body he was in, he would be growing far more than just scales.

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After his scales had grown in, Tatsumi's mother let him out of their house much more often, be it the heavily modified castle in the Monster World, or the Japanese Summer home in the Human World. Either way Tatsumi could finally breathe fresh outdoor air…

And almost immediately freeze his ass off in the winter cold.

He quickly realized now would be a good time to evolve again, he knew mammals grew fur to keep warm in the winter while most reptiles went into hibernation. In response to his knowledge and current environmental needs, a burning sensation filled his body again as thick black fur began to grow on his neck, back, and near his claws, while thinner fur grew to fill the needle thin gaps of his overlapping scales.

Tatsumi never felt so perfectly warm in either of his lives. Not too cold, not too hot.

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Continuing his life, he eventually managed to take on a human form, to which his parents sent him off to a human school.

"Why a human school though?" Tatsumi couldn't help but ask as he checked his school uniform.

His father chuckled, "My family has always been a bit strange." He said, "We believe that a Dragon's Pride needs to be tempered, lest we become as arrogant as Vampires. And what better way to control that pride than to hide among humans, to pretend to be one of the weakest creatures… Well, physically at least."

"Huh?" Tatsumi asked confused, he had learned that most of the Monster Society despises human, believing them to be worthless. He and Night Raid would love to tell them differently, but his father had shown to hold humans in high regard.

"Humans are perhaps one of the most dangerous creatures in the world in my opinion." Tatsumi's father said, "Forget claws, physical strength, unmatched speed. Humans are ingenuitive. We would not be hiding were it not for them, for they are smart… Mostly. All it takes is one human to find the weakness of a monster and suddenly they've developed twenty ways to kill us. Even Dragon Slaying Swords were once ordinary swords until they were bathed in the blood of a dragon… After all the eyes aren't exactly a well defended part of our body."

Those words triggers something in Tatsumi, his father was right, in his draconic form, his eyes are probably the safest soft spot on his body to target, and closing his eyes would just blind him. He would have to figure out a way to both protect his eyes and see his enemies.

His father just chuckled, "I know that look, you plan to have another of those evolutions of yours trigger." He said looking Tatsumi in the eye, he closed his eyes and shook his head while smiling, "I fear for any future students at Yokai that try to harm you." Then his smile faded as a thoughtful look crossed his mind, "Hmm... " He hummed, "You go on ahead, the bus will be here soon. I need to make a call."

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When Tatsumi returned home, he noticed his mother and father were sitting in the living room of their human home with them was a woman as old as his mother.

She had long pale blue hair, which sent a shiver up Tatsumi's spine as he remembered Esdeath had similar hair, and was wearing a red dress under a dark grey coat.

"Ah, Tatsumi, welcome home." His father said waving him over, "I'd like you to meet an old… Er… Acquaintance of mine and your mothers." He said, doing his best to ignore the constant growling of Tatsumi's mother, "This is Ageha Kurono. She's a Succubus."

"Man stealing whore." Tatsumi's mother muttered extremely quietly.

"Hello." Ageha said bending over to hold out a hand to Tatsumi, whom was glad he hadn't hit puberty just yet, was not affected by the size of Ageha's breasts as they bounced- Getting caught between Leone's rack eventually desensitized him of covered breasts of the larger cups, "Your father has told me a bit about you Tatsumi… Including your unique ability."

"And there is admittedly a reason why I've called her here." Tatsumi's father admitted, "You see, when I was a student at Yokai Academy, Ageha here had put me under a Succubus's Love Charm, which is considered the most powerful mental alteration ability known to Monsters, albeit short lived unless the kiss the target while under the spell." Off to the side, Tatsumi's mother was constantly switching languages to insult Ageha, though very quietly.

Finally Tatsumi's mother calmed down, "So, your father decided that he would call Ageha here and have her put a… weak… charm spell on you, then break it immediately afterwards." She said, "In return I agreed not to attempt to kill her on sight from now on."

"Why?" Tatsumi asked, really not wanting to deal with what is effectively mind rape.

"I'm hoping that the experience will trigger an evolution in your mind." Tatsumi's father said, "Even among dragon's you're something special, our kind already lack weaknesses and yet you evolve to cover weaknesses, I'm willing to bet you've already evolved to cover that weakness we talked about this morning."

Tatsumi couldn't help but chuckle, his father was right, he ended up looking up River Otters, specifically the extra eyelid they had to keep water out of their eyes. A stinging sensation later at Tatsumi now had a second eyelid under his regular eyelids to act as armor, protecting his eyes from claws, guns, swords, even sand and water.

"Ah…. Yeah." Tatsumi admitted.

"Well then, you realize just how far most monster would go to get their hands on you." His father said, "Succubi like Mrs- "

"It's just 'Ms.' now." Ageha said, "My lover perished a few years ago.

"My bad." Tatsumi's father, "Anyway Succubi like her don't just grab the nearest man they can… Though they do try to round up a lot of them, they are mainly after the one man who is their Destined Mate so your safe from them… For the most part. Other monsters however aren't limited to such things and some would be willing to stoop to rather low levels for your ability."

"I kinda figured." Tatsumi said scratching the back of his head, "So… Ms. Kurono is going to hit me with her charm, then break it, and hope my mind evolves?"

"That is the hope." Tatsumi's father said, "Unless you want this to happen in Yokai." He said hiking his thumb to his wife, whom was literally smoking at the moment.

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Thankfully things had gone well during that encounter, Tatsumi's instinct went ballistics after the charm was broken until his mind had developed an immunity to mental manipulations.

However after the mental manipulation, Tatsumi only developed one more evolution, something he rather missed.

Invisibility.

After developing invisibility, nothing urgent really actually happened to him. Life was rather calm, sure he eventually had to evolve to deal with heat, but other than that life was pretty calm.

Up until he turned 17 and eventually stood at the bus stop to Yokai Academy.

Realistically, Tatsumi was anxious, in a similar way to when he went on an assassination mission back for Night Raid.

He was ready for anything to happen, because with all the monsters species at Yokai Academy, it would only be a matter of time before something got irritated at him.

"Tatsumi? You're going to Yokai too?" Asked a familiar voice next to Tatsumi, turning around, Tatsumi saw one of his longtime human friends. Tsukune Aono.

"Me? You're heading to Yokai Academy?" Tatsumi asked, "I heard you flunked all your entrance exams."

"Yeah." Tsukune admitted hanging his head, "But my dad found the pamphlet when it was dropped by a drunk."

Correction, Tatsumi was ready for ALMOST anything. His human friend going to the one place in the world he would literally be lunch for the students was not one of them.

"Tsukune-" Tatsumi started, only for the bus to arrive just then and the door open to show the bus driver, who appeared rather creepy due to the fact his hat covered his eyes and left nothing but a white glow in them.

"Yokai Academy." The man said, "You two getting on?" He asked.

"Yes sir." Tatsumi said grabbing Tsukune by the arm and pulling him onto the bus, which was ridiculously empty.

"Are we the only ones here?" Tsukune asked looking around the bus.

"Probably gonna be the only ones getting on." The Bus Driver said, "Most of the students live a lot closer to the academy."

"So… How did you flunk all your entrance exams anyway?" Tatsumi asked.

"I… My nerves got to me, I didn't get much sleep the night before." Tsukune admitted, "I had a hard time thinking and focusing."

"Tough break." Tatsumi muttered before shaking his head, "Anyway Tsukune, as I was trying to say-" Tatsumi started, only to be cut off by the ringing of Tsukune's cell phone, 'Oh come on.' Tatsumi thought annoyed.

Tsukune looked at the caller ID on his phone for a second before answering it, "Um… Hi Kyoko, how's it going?" Tsukune said into the phone.

Ah, Tsukune's cousin, Kyoko, she and Tatsumi had met a couple of times and she seemed rather nice… If a bit protective of her cousin and pretty difficult to dissuade. Tatsumi figured he might have an easier time talking Akame out of eating meat than to changed Kyoko's mind about something.

Tatsumi decided he wouldn't listen in on Tsukune's conversation with his cousin… However he did note that Kyoko had quickly done an investigation on what she could about Yokai Academy.

Of course their conversation was cut off as they entered the tunnel that would take them to Yokai Academy.

"Hello? Kyoko? Are you there?" Tsukune asked as his phone's signal cut off, "Right, tunnel." He muttered.

The bus trip didn't last much longer after that, going through the tunnel at speeds that really can't be considered illegal… At least not when they had already left the human world.

"We're here." The Bus Driver said opening the bus doors, revealing that they had parked on a cliffside overlooking a blood red sea with only a scarecrow to define the area outside of the tunnel and some trees, which appeared to be dead.

"Wow… It's like a completely different world here on the other side of the tunnel." Tsukune muttered nervously as he stared at the scarecrow.

"Yeah… The dead scenery is a bit much." Tatsumi admitted, looking down into the sea, the water around his home was a much more familiar shade of blue… This made Tatsumi wonder what was in that water to turn it red.

He didn't like what he came up with.

"Is that the school over there?" Tatsumi asked looking toward what was in fact Yokai Academy itself, a massive cathedral-like building.

"I'd watch my back if I were you kid." The Bus Driver said, "Yokai is a scary ass school. Even for one like yourself." The last comment was directed at Tatsumi as the Bus Driver had glanced at the reborn assassin.

With that, he closed the door to the bus and drove off.

Tatsumi glanced at Tsukune and noticed the nervousness on the human's face, 'I might want to wait a few minutes unless I want him to pass out from panic.' Tatsumi thought, "Come on, let's get to the school."

"Right." Tsukune said nodding his head.

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As the two walked down the path to the school Tatsumi took notice of a lot of red-eyed ravens perched in the trees, and gravestones littering the path.

When a small group of them flew off, Tsukune fell over in fright.

"You okay?" Tatsumi asked holding a hand out to his friend.

"Y-Yeah." Tsukune said, "You're not scared of all this?"

Tatsumi chuckled, "Nah, I know women that put this place to shame with how scary they are." Tatsumi said. After all Esdeath scared the hell out of him.

"Yeah. Women are pretty scary when they get mad." Tsukune said.

"Or when they go Yandere." Tatsumi joked, "Anyway Tsukune, listen about Yokai-"

Tatsumi was cut off when they heard a peculiar squeaking sound fill the forest, which put both of the boys on edge for a different reason.

"What is that?" Tsukune asked as the two of them started to walk forward for a few minutes.

"Whatever it is… It's getting closer." Tatsumi said, right before the two turned around.

"Just me, a bat. Whee!" Squeaked what, as it had just called itself, a bat.

"It was just a bat." Tsukune muttered before turning around.

"Looked more like a hamster fused with a bat to me." Tatsumi added.

Tsukune nodded, before stopping, "Wait did that-?"

Tatsumi heard something flying toward them, and instantly fell back on his instincts and jumped out of the way of the object, which turned out to be a pink bicycle… That crashed into Tsukune, sending the human and the bike rider tumbling across the ground.

"Shit." Tatsumi muttered recovering from his dodge and ran up to Tsukune, "You alright Tsukune?"

"Ow… That hurt." Tsukune said sitting up, and had ended up grabbing the thigh of the girl on the bike, causing her to moan briefly.

The girl in question had rather long pink hair and was wearing the bright green Yokai Academy Uniform.

"I'm sorry." The girl said, still with her eyes closed as she sat up, "I anemic and I just suddenly got all dizzy." As she opened her green eyes, she moved her hair out of her face and allowed Tatsumi to notice the Rosary on her neck.

Looking over at Tsukune however, Tatsumi noticed the human staring longingly at the woman in front of him… And eventually she noticed where his hand was.

She quickly pulled her legs together, inadvertently trapping his hand between her thighs. "I… I…"

Tsukune quickly pulled his hand off her thigh and back away in a panic, "I-It's not what you think! I-I'm sorry!" He cried out, as blood began to drip from his nose.

'No, sorry is what you'll be when you accidentally walk in on them when their changing.' Tatsumi thought, shuddering from the memory of walking in on Mine in her underwear. She did have her finer points though.

"Oh you're bleeding." The pink haired girl said as she reached into her pocket to pull out a handkerchief, then crawled up to Tsukune's face and was about to dab away the blood when her nose twitched.

'Wait, her nose twitched?' Tatsumi thought, getting ready to jump forward.

"I can't…" The girl suddenly whispered, "I shouldn't… but, that smell…" She whispered.

'Shit.' Tatsumi thought as he prepared to tackle the girl off Tsukune… Whom had begun smelling the girls hair… and then blushed. 'Seriously Tsukune that should be throwing up red flags for you.'

The girl then ended up grabbing Tsukune's face, surprising him, "Sorry." She apologized, "I can't help it… Because I'm a Vampire." And with that declaration she bit into Tsukune's neck.

This caused both Tsukune and Tatsumi to flinch for different reasons, in fact Tatsumi's skin was being replaced by scales, until the girl threw herself off of Tsukune.

"I'm sorry!" The girl cried out, "I didn't mean to!"

"You bit me!" Tsukune cried out grabbing his neck where he was bitten, only to pause and look at it in confusion.

"It's not that bad Tsukune." Tatsumi said patting his friend on the back, "She didn't take a chunk out of your neck at least."

"I… Guess so." Tsukune agreed as he pulled his hand off his bite mark.

"Are you two going to Yokai too?" The girl asked as she reached for her bag.

"Uh… Yeah." Tsukune said standing up, "It's my first year."

"Same here." Tatsumi said, looking around the forest, as he could feel they were not the only ones here.

"That's great." The girl said, "It's mine too."

"Huh… So whaddya know." Tsukune said dumbfounded.

"I have to ask…" The girl said getting nervous, "What do you think about… Well, about vampires?"

Tsukune looked at her thinking it was a joke, "Fine by me." He said, "I don't have a problem with vampires in the slightest, if you want to call yourself a vampire then more power to you."

The girl smiled at Tsukune's answer, then turned to Tatsumi.

Tatsumi smiled, "As long as you don't try to hurt me or my friends then you're fine with me." Tatsumi said holding a hand out to the girl.

Instead of a handshake the girl tackle hugged the two, causing all three to fall to the ground, though the girl mostly ended up pinning down Tsukune.

"Thank you!" The girl cried out as she tackled the two, "Well if that's the case then maybe we can be friends?"

"Yeah.. Sure." Tsukune said, clearly unsettled from being knocked over so easily.

"Fantastic!" The girl exclaimed, "I was nervous because I didn't have any friends here yet." She explained.

"Well it's a new school after all." Tatsumi said, "You gotta make them somewhere."

"Oh yeah." The girl said, "My names Moka Akashiya by the way."

"Mine's Tsukune Aono."

"Tatsumi Kiryu." Tatsumi said, then he could clearly feel someone approaching, specifically approaching him, "You two go on ahead, I'll catch up, give you some time to get used to each other."

"Sure." Moka said before picking up her bike and dragging Tsukune off.

A minute had passed before Tatsumi dropped his bag and turned toward the trees, "You can stop hiding now." He said forcefully as his scales formed on his arms.

The wind began to blow as from behind the tree, long familiar black hair was revealed, followed by a familiar face with red eyes, causing Tatsumi to freeze.

"Akame?" Tatsumi asked as the woman approached him.

"It's me." Akame said, "Is that really you Tatsumi?" Akame asked as she approached.

"Yeah." Tatsumi said, "I may be a dragon exactly like Tyrant, but mentally I'm still me."

This made Akame smiled and she ended up pulling Tatsumi into a hug, "I missed you." She said, "In our old life and in this new one."

"I missed you too Akame." Tatsumi said returning the hug to his old friend, "So, you're heading to Yokai as well?"

"Me and Kurome." Akame said refusing to break the hug.

"So she's here too?" Tatsumi asked surprised.

"I wouldn't be surprised if others were here too." Akame pointed out, "And I won't let you die this time, not if I have anything to say about it."

"I'll try not to die, or get into a position where you need to kill me again." Tatsumi said, "That's a promise I plan to keep this time."

"Good." Akame said, "Because if you die again I'm keeping your soul in a bottle until I can find someone to make you a new body."

"What?" Tatsumi asked pulling away from Akame in confusion, "How?"

Akame smirked, "Perks of being a Shinigami." Akame said before grabbing Tatsumi's arm, "Now let's go, I'm starving."

"Akame! Schools offer more than just food!" Tatsumi cried out.

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Welp, that's the chapter of this new story. Hope you all enjoyed and hopefully I can come out with one of my main stories soon enough.

Boy I can't wait to see how the RV community blows up over this story, it's like a minefield over here.