When trying to summon a demon, Rin accidentally summons the maid of Satan! How will everyone react when she reveals Rin's true heritage?
Servant of Darkness
Yukio stood at the front of the room and looked over the class. While a few were looking intently back at him, a number of students equal to them were either staring off into space or just not paying attention. "Alright class, it seems there's going to be a change in the lesson plan." Those students who weren't paying attention whipped their heads to the front of the room and locked their eyes on Yukio, except for Takara, who was still having a silent conversation with his rabbit, and Yamada, who still had his eyes shadowed under his hood. "It seems that some of the teachers believe that we have more capabilities of students in this class becoming tamers. Shiemi and Izumo, you both can already summon and control demons, correct?"
"Y-yes sensei!" Shiemi said nervously.
"Yeah, I can summon them." Izumo said in a bored tone. Yukio nodded and went on.
"Very good. Now, we will push the desks off to the sides of the room to clear a space in the center. Then each of you will once again attempt to summon a demon. Now, let's get moving." The class sat in their seats, still staring at him. Yukio raised a fist to his mouth and loudly cleared his throat.
"What, he wants us to move the tables?" Komekomaru whispered to Bon.
"Yeah, I think so. Come on you slackers, let's get moving." Bon and his friends got up and each pushed a table off to the side. Izumo sighed heavily and got out of her seat. With great effort, she finally managed to push her desk away. Rin heaved himself out of his seat with Shiemi close behind. Shiemi pushed as hard as she could, but the table only budged an inch.
"It's okay Shiemi," Rin said as he gently pushed her away, "I got this." He grabbed their table and the one next to them, gave both a mighty one-armed pull, and easily dragged them both out of the way. Bon had been watching from the other side of the room and sneered at the back of Rin's head with a clenched fist.
"Damn that Okumura, always tryin' to act so cool!" Konekomaru patted Bon's shoulder and tried to distract him.
"Come on Bon, he's just trying to do his fair share, like the rest of us."
"Well, like most of us," Renzou said. The three looked at Yamada and Takara, both of whom were still sitting at their desks. Bon grimaced and stomped over to Yamada's desk and slammed a hand on the wood.
"Yo, Yamada! We've gotta' move this desk!" Yamada seemed to glance at him, it was pretty hard to tell with the hood, and stood up. Without even looking up from his PSP, he gave the table a little push that sent it flying towards the wall. Bon stared at the feat and then at Yamada, who was still playing his game. Once all the tables were out of the way (with some rude ventriloquism from Takara and his rabbit when told to get up and move the desk) Yukio had them stand in a circle. He passed each of them pieces of paper with a circle symbol, the same kind Igor sensei had given them when he had tested them for tamer abilities.
"Okay, you all know what to do, let us see what you all can do." Izumo pricked her finger with a pin and wiped the small amount of blood on the pieces of paper.
"I humbly call upon the Gods of Harvest! Follow my wishes, leave none unfulfilled!" In a puff of smoke, two white fox-like demons appeared at her feet.
"Yes, yes, very good. Okay, Shiemi, if you would?" Shiemi nodded and held up her paper.
"Okay. Um, here boy, here boy. Just kidding!" With these simple words, Nii appeared on her shoulder and uttered his namesake cry. Shiemi smiled and gently rubbed Nii on the his leafy little head with her index finger.
"Nicely done Shiemi. Next." He went through Bon, Konekomaru, and Renzou; but no matter what they tried, none of them seemed to be able to summon a demon. The three stood with their heads hung in disappointment. "Now, now, no need to be upset you three. Like you've been told, the ability to summon demons is a rare one. Not just anybody can do it. I can't summon one either, so don't worry about it." These words seemed to perk the trio up a bit and Yukio turned to Rin. "Rin, from what I remember correctly, Igor sensei told me that you never even attempted to summon a demon."
"Yeah, well, he said that being a tamer is a really rare talent. Not to mention the fact that two in a class of seven was a really big number. Plus, I want to be a knight, not a tamer." Yukio shook his head and crossed his arms.
"Rin, that may be true, but you must at least try, it's required." Rin sighed and held his paper up to eye level.
"Alright, fine. So, what, I just put some blood on here and say whatever pops into my head?"
"That's correct." Rin stared at the paper for a minute as if it held some kind of code that he was trying to decipher. Then, out of nowhere, words popped into his head as if they had been waiting for this moment.
"Okay, I think I got it." Rin looked around for something to poke his finger with, but the only thing he could see was the pin Izumo was holding. And there was no way in Gehenna he was going to use that! With a grunt he decided what he had to do. He put his thumb in his mouth and pierced the skin with one of his razor-sharp incisors. He didn't even flinch as his tooth pierced the skin of his thumb. He wiped the blood on the paper and then licked the blood off so no one would see the small prick in his finger was already healed. Rin closed his eyes in concentration and chanted the words that had come to his mind.
"Gods who maintain the balance of light and dark, I ask you to lend me your servant so that they may serve me this day!" No one could have predicted what would happen next. A cloud of dark smoke appeared and swirled in front the middle of the circle of people. Shiemi gasped and grasped Yukio's arm. With a blast of cold air, the smoke dissipated, leaving someone standing in their midst.
She appeared to be human, wearing a maid's outfit and looking to be in her early twenties or so. She was standing in the place the smoke had appeared a moment before, bowing deeply in Rin's direction. On the top of her head, there were two small red horns poking out from between her full, blonde hair. She had a long, red tail with a tip pointed like an arrowhead and sleek, black bat wings poking out from her shoulder-blade area. She slowly came out of the bow and opened her bright pink eyes, staring directly at Rin. She nodded at him and went down once more, but this time in a curtsy instead of a bow
"Greetings my young prince. You have called upon me and I am ready to serve you as I have served your father and brothers."
"Your father? She works for your father? And your brothers? I thought that Yukio was your only brother." Shiemi said, gripping said brother's arm even tighter.
"Yukio is my only brother. Plus, my old man is dead," Rin said his mind jumping to father Fujimoto. The maid shook her head and stood up straight again.
"Oh no, young lady, I do not refer to his adopted human father. I mean his true father, my master, Satan."
