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The Witching Hour	By : DrunkenScotsman Category: +M to R > Rosario Vampire Views: 14117 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: The characters and plot of Rosario+Vampire belong to Ikeda Akihisa. I make no money from the writing of this story.

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A/N: Greetings, readers! A few announcements and clarifications regarding this story:
1) It's a "ChallengeFic" in that another user requested I write this fic. It might therefore more accurately be called a "request."
2) Regarding the "Other" warning: I use it as a CYA measure, in case I forgot anything and to preserve surprises. I will post additional warnings to individual chapters as needed.
3) Feedback is always appreciated, in the forms of ratings, reviews, and PMs. If there is sufficient interest, I'll create a discussion thread and post the link in the AN of a future chapter.
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Chapter 1: The Lingering Aftereffects of Temporal Transfiguration
In the cafeteria of Youkai Academy, Yukari Sendo sighed. She sat at the table with Tsukune Aono and the girls from the Newspaper Club, as usual. Today, she rested her chin on her forearms, sighing to the heavens.
In front of her, the succubus Kurumu Kurono, the ice-demon Mizore Shirayuki, and the vampire Moka Akashiya were engaging in one of their legendary tug-of-wars on Tsukune, the human boy they had all fallen in love with. Normally, she’d be right there with them, wrapped around one of his legs. Today, though, she just didn’t feel like it.
Yesterday had been Measuring Day, the day she had always dreaded after skipping two grades because of her genius-level intellect. Yesterday’s was the worst, though, because she was being measured, at the tender age of thirteen, alongside girls two or three years older. Kurumu had the largest bust, of course – not just in their second-year student class, but in the entire school, shaming even some of the graduating seniors.
Worse yet, Yukari had nearly ended up as another monster’s snack. The school nurse, who apparently fed on negative emotions from other monsters, had administered an injection that aged her young body to match her classmates. Her older body had impressed everyone, even Tsukune. The injection was addictive, though, so (after an appearance by inner Moka to teach the nurse her place) Yukari had reverted back to her “loli” self to be measured. At the time, she even took pride in her childlike appearance, especially after Tsukune had told her that who she was inside had mattered more to him than her outward appearance.
The more she thought about it, the more she remembered the way Tsukune had looked at her more-developed body, the more she realized that he was probably just trying to be nice to her. Yukari hoped that he had not lied to her; she didn’t think it likely, given that Tsukune was usually pretty honest. Nonetheless, as a teenage boy, how could he not want her older body more?
Yukari sighed again. At least I know that I’ll be attractive to Tsukune one day, she reassured herself. Not to mention I needed a training bra yesterday, which was a huge improvement over last year’s Measuring Day. She perked up a bit at those thoughts.
“Yukari? Are you okay?” called a soft, feminine alto voice.
The underaged witch turned her head to see Ruby Tojo, school staff member and fellow witch, sitting down beside her. For once, the older girl was wearing her usual outfit, since she was apparently not needed for any random tasks today. On her crimson lips rested a supportive smile.
“What’re you doing here?” asked Yukari, sitting up a bit. “You usually are so busy with administrative stuff you can’t spend time with us.”
Ruby shrugged. “Not many things are happening – slow day today. I needed a day like this after yesterday.” She scooted a bit closer. “Besides, I thought… well… after being in a more adult body, and now back to normal, you might need someone to talk to.”
The younger girl sighed yet again. “I thought I was okay with going back, but… I’m not.”
Ruby giggled. “I doubt I could be, either. You were quite the hottie.” When Yukari just blinked, the older girl flushed and added, “I heard rumors, from all the girls I helped measure, that you were the hottest girl in school.”
Yukari shook her head. “No way. That’s always been Moka.” A small smile graced her lips. “She was really nice about everything, even after I felt her up in the bath.”
Ruby blushed further, her eyes widening. “How s-so?”
“She helped me buy new clothes that fit,” explained the younger witch, “including some bras. Some real bras.” She sighed, yet again.
“If I had a rack like yours, I’d miss it too,” Ruby mumbled. Yukari glanced at her oddly, having heard only the word “rack.” The older girl giggled and blurted, “I said I’d miss my rack if it were suddenly gone.”
Yukari blushed. “The attention I got was nice, especially from Tsukune,” she admitted. She tried not to think about, or look at, the cleavage Ruby had on display.
Ruby put her hand gently on the younger witch’s shoulder. “It’s cruel you had to change back,” she soothed.
“The school nurse’s plan was to get me hooked on the serum,” Yukari replied. “What better way than to reverse the effects if I stopped taking it?”
Ruby watched the other girls for a moment, thinking. “Do you feel… left out now? Less… part of the group?”
Yukari pondered the older witch’s words before answering, “A little. What I miss most, really, is the initial self-confidence I felt.”
“Initial?”
“Until Kurumu still had bigger breasts than me,” the younger witch explained.
The older girl ran her fingers through her long, dark hair. “As a school official, I shouldn’t discuss private information about other students,” she began, “but, based on what was obvious to everyone, you had some other advantages.”
“I thought I might’ve been a bit taller,” mused Yukari.
“I can neither confirm nor deny that,” replied Ruby. She added a meaningful twitch of her eyebrow. Both girls giggled.
After a short, friendly silence, Yukari sighed once more. “I screwed it up, though. I was too focused on just being ‘the biggest’ or ‘the sexiest,’ instead of trying to be comfortable with who I am. Or rather, who I will be.”
Ruby squeezed her young friend’s shoulder lightly. “I’ve found that that quality is what men most like in a woman,” she shared, “the ability to be comfortable in one’s own skin.”
Blushing fiercely, Yukari admitted, “It did let me steal a kiss from Tsukune.”
“Not just any kiss either,” Mizore chimed in from across the table, still holding onto the young man’s arm. Her attention had been drawn by the mention of the kiss, as had the other girls’.
“His first kiss!” wailed Moka, still holding the young man’s other arm.
“We’ll never forgive you for it,” growled Kurumu, her arms around the young man’s waist, her breasts pressed flush against his back.
“It was supposed to be mine!” all three of them cried.
Ruby’s ruby eyes twinkled as she looked at the still-blushing Yukari. “I’m officially impressed,” she told the younger girl. “High-five?” she asked, holding up her hand. Yukari giggled and high-fived Ruby.
The older witch looked at Tsukune, her eyes still twinkling. “So, Tsukune,” she began coyly, “when are you taking Yukari out on a date?”
That got the same reaction from him and all four girls: “Huh?”
Ruby covered her mouth in shock. “Tsukune, you cad! You kissed Yukari and didn’t even ask her out?”
“It wasn’t like that!” he protested. “She kissed me in the first place.”
Ruby looked to Yukari. “I see. Normally that might be shameful,” she teased, “but it’s the twenty-first century, according to human calendars. Maybe we should be really modern and let Yukari ask you out.”
The three older monster girls started to protest vigorously, but Yukari blurted, “Tsukune, willyougooutwithme?” The older girls froze, stunned.
Also stunned, the young man stammered. Ruby raised an eyebrow. “If you don’t accept,” she told him, “Yukari could get branded a floozy for kissing boys without worrying if they ask her out.”
Now it was Yukari who froze, her eyes open in shock. “Wait a sec!” she cried. “What’s that mean?”
The older witch shrugged. “The rumor mill at any high school can be cruel,” she warned, “especially one so small as Youkai Academy.” Yukari paled.
Looking for all the world like she was about to regret the next words out of her mouth, Moka said, “Maybe we should let them.” When the other girls all glared at her, she added, “We wouldn’t want rumors to fly about Yukari.”
“I guess it’s only one date,” intoned Mizore, her face unreadable as always. “I’ve heard it’s fashionable these days for boys to date lots of girls before settling down.” With that last, she winked at Tsukune suggestively.
“Maybe we – I mean, you’ll all get a date from him,” Ruby suggested.
Kurumu glared at Yukari for a brief moment. “Well, I guess we don’t have anything to fear from Little Miss Ironing Board,” she taunted.
“One date,” they chorused.
Yukari looked at Tsukune, her eyes shining with hope. Though the opportunity had come quite suddenly, she intended to seize it. “Please, Tsukune?” she pleaded. “Would you go out with me? Just once?”
Tsukune laughed nervously and scratched the back of his head. “Yukari… I… okay. I’m not a cad, and you’re not a floozy. One date.”
“Friday night. Six-thirty. The art gallery,” Yukari told him. The other girls looked at her strangely. “Something classy for a first date, don’t you think?”
“Don’t get cocky,” sniffed Kurumu. “Don’t assume you’ll get a second date.”
Ruby waved at the three non-witches dismissively. “Go back to your tug-of-war,” she told them. Promptly, as if on cue, they did just that.
Yukari slumped, giddy but drained of energy. “I… can’t believe… he said ‘okay’,” she breathed. Ruby patted her shoulder in congratulations, but the younger girl’s head dropped to the table.
“What’s wrong now?” asked the older witch.
“Why’d you do that?” countered the younger. “The milk-cow was right: Tsukune won’t want another date till I’m older. By then, he’ll be married to Mizore or Kurumu, I just know it!”
Ruby bit her lip. “I’m sorry,” she told her young counterpart, “I was just trying to help.” She chose to ignore how Yukari didn’t mention either Moka as a threat to win Tsukune.
“How am I going to get anywhere in this barely-pubescent body?” Yukari grumbled. “I think you set me up for failure, even if you didn’t mean to.”
Ruby winced. “I guess I shouldn’t have interfered,” she murmured. “If only I could cast a spell to fix this mess…”
Yukari brightened. “That’s a great idea!” she told her older counterpart excitedly. “Kurumu accused me of using a spell to grow up yesterday, one that backfired when I cast it. I didn’t tell her that I didn’t cast a spell at all.” She giggled. “This time, I will, with no horrible side effects, since I’m the one doing it!”
Now it was Ruby’s turn to sigh. “But, Yukari, your spells do tend to backfire, the more complicated ones anyway,” she reminded the other witch.
After a few moments’ thought, Yukari suggested, “You could help me! You owe me that much for starting this whole thing in the first place!”
Her ruby eyes rolling, the older witch argued, “I don’t think such a spell exists.” Her resolve crumbled, though, when she saw the sad look in her friend’s eyes. “Fine, tell you what,” she acquiesced, “I’ll do some research to find one. Meet me in the library on Thursday night. That’ll give me time to work on it, and I can let you know whether or not it’s even possible.”
Yukari nodded. The bell rang, signaling the end of the lunch period. All the students left the cafeteria. Only Ruby remained behind, deep in thought.
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