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I do not own the characters of Ao no Exorcist.
The only thing I do own is the plot and the OC.
Please, be kind while reviewing this fanfic. It's my first and I'd rather have some encouraging constructive criticism. Now read on and enjoy the story!
-ShinoKage
The sun glared down at the True Cross Academy's forest, where the first year Cram School students trudged tiredly. Sweaty, exhausted, irritated, except for one particular demon child...
"Oh cool! Look guys! It's a waterfall! I've never seen one before!" Exclaimed the excited and energetic boy by the name of Rin Okumura, the son of Satan. The others were amazed at Rin's energy.
"How the hell is he so energetic?!" Complained the irritable Bon Suguro as he continued trudging through the forest with his two best friends in tow.
Shima, the pink headed and lazy monk awkwardly chuckled. "Well... He is half demon, so, it kinda makes sense he's not as tired or irritable as the rest of us. He's even carrying Sensei Shura's gear, along with his own!"
"It's just aggravating how energetic he is!" Shuguro continued to fume. Konekomaru and Shima just tiredly laughed at Suguro's ridiculous reactions.
"My word. You complain more than a normal typical girl would." Blantly stated the young maroon eyed girl, Izumo Kamiki, as she rolled her eyes in annoyance of the boys behind her.
"You wanna say that to my face, Eyebrows?!" Suguro growled as he glared at the back of the young girl's head.
"What are you gunna do? Hit me?"
Izumo challenged back. Ignoring Shiemi Moriyama's attempts to calm her down.
Suguro was about to make another comeback till he was cut off by Yukio. "That's enough from you both." He glowered at them. The quarreling teens stopped what they were doing and paid full attention to their Sensei, nodding that they would stop.
"Are you sure you two are brothers?" Shima fearfully whispered to Rin, not adverting his eyes from the young sensei's direction. Rin just shrugged. "He's nice... Sometimes..."
"Yeesh, Okumura. You sure sound crabby today." Shura lazily pointed out as she continued walking to their destination. Yukio sent silent daggers in her direction and held back a growl in his throat. Shura just yawned and easily shrugged off Yukio's attempted intimidation look.
"Shut up, Shura."
Shura just looked back and chuckled.
Once the tired group breached through the forest into the treeless opening, the group (excluding Rin) fell to the ground from exhaustion.
"Aah.. Well. Lets begin setting up camp." Yukio tiredly looked over towards the fallen, exhausted group and grimanced. "... After we take a breather..." Too tired to speak, everyone else just groaned in agreement.
Shura looked around, feeling a bit unsettled. "Hmm..." Scanning the area with her sharp eyes, Shura found nothing. "Maybe the exhaustion is getting to me.." She whispered to herself.
*Ring. Ring.*
*Ring. Ring.*
Shura flinched and looked to her right hand pocket. Confusion was etched onto her face as she took out her small phone. "Hello?"
The class all looked at Shura with confusion whereas Yukio gave her a stern face. Knowing there was some news.
"Are you sure..?" Seriousness settled into the atmosphere.
"Alright. We'll be sure to be on the look out."
Taking the phone away from her ear, she hung up and stared intently into her phone. As if it would give her the answers she needed.
Rin breaks the silence, "what was that about Shura Sensei?"
She gave them a slightly dazed look from being interrupted from her thoughts and shot them her trademark smirk.
"Nothing really of any importance. Just a call from headquarters about a demon we've been searching for 3 years now. Apparently they've got sightings but Idunno. We haven't seen this demon in years. But you'll never know I guess."
Yukio's eyes widened and his body became slightly rigid. "They've caught sightings of... Ayakashi...?!"
"Who or what is this 'Ayakashi'?"
S
uguro asked cautiously. The group stared at the two exorcists, waiting for an explanation of the situation.
Yukio glared at the ground and Shura was just gazing off into the forest. "Ayria Ayakashi. Born from a human mother who was impregnated by a demon. A very powerful demon..." Everyone looked at each other and then looked at Rin, who shrunk beneath everyone's gaze and glared at them.
Yukio continued. "... No. Not Satan. This demon only comes second compared to him. This demon is a powerful fire fox demon..."
"A fox demon? I'm sure we can take him!" Rin stated with an air of confidence, taking his fighting stance with a cocky smirk plastered on his face.
Shura sighed. "'He' is actually a she and she's not like most demons, Rin. She's a lot like you."
Rin's confidence faltered into that of confusion. "What do you mean...?" Shura gave him a distant look. "Similar to what happened to you and Yukio, she lost her family also. Her mother died from giving birth. She got adopted by two very good exorcists who accepted her as a sister and kept her a secret from the Order... But... How they died is confusing. Some say they got murdered by a demon, others say they got executed by the order. Another rumor is that she killed them when she went berserk." She shook her head.
"But I don't know how they died. They just think she's a high priority flight risk that must be executed."
Silence took over the group. Shura shifted her weight from one foot to the other. "I know she would never kill them..." She whispered to herself.
Yukio shook his head, and focused back onto the current mission. "Enough about Ayakashi.
Nii-san, Suguro, Shima and Konekomaru. You'll team up with me to set up the tents and start up the camp fire."
"Moriyama and Kamiki, you two will team up with me and start working on the barrier circle." Shura handed them a can of paint and two brushes.
Giving the two girls a sarcastic, cheeky smile, she jumped into the tree behind them and settled herself on the lowest branch. "Lemme know when you're done." The two girls looked at her in surprise.
"You're not gunna help?!" Izumo exclaimed.
"Hahaha I am helping! By keeping watch. You'll never know when a demon will pop out, especially since the sun is almost set." Moriyama looked worriedly toward the setting sky.
"We better get started with this... Let's work together!" Kamiki just glared at the overly optimistic tamer.
"You're such a weed." She muttered. Moriyama just smiled and began working on the circle.
After setting up the tents, Shuguro, Konekomaru and Shima ventured to the forest's edge to collect firewood, leaving the Okumura twins to set up the bug net around the tents.
"So... Is this Ayakashi really that dangerous, Yukio?" Rin questioned.
Yukio gave him a surprised look and answered. "As far as I know, she is. She's just about as dangerous as you, nii-san."
"You've never met her?" Rin's expression grew surprised as he continued working on the bug net. "No. I'm only basing my knowledge of her off from what I've read and what other exorcists say about her."
Yukio continued. "She is a very strong demon, however. From what I've heard, she's managed to injure a whole division. But... Something strange happened after the attack..." Yukio's glaze fall to the ground, his face contoured with seriousness and slight confusion.
Rin jokingly asked, "Like what? Did she eat their souls or something?" Attempting to try and ease his younger brother's seriousness.
"No... She healed them and disappeared." Yukio looked back at his brother. Finding that his face was the look of pure confusion and amazement. "She healed them? Then why is the Order hunting her down then?" Yukio just shook his head. "I don't know myself, Nii-san."
"Alright, Yukio Sensei. We got the fire going. Are the girl's done with the barrier circle yet?" Suguro asked, walking towards the twin brothers.
Yukio gave him a slight smile. "Good work. And I'm not really sure if they are. I'll check in with Shura." With that he walked off away from the fire and towards the tree Shura was napping in. Yukio just gave her a irritated look.
"Sleeping on the job again, Shura?" Shura opened one eye and looked down on the young Sensei. She smiled. "Nah. Just relaxing, Scaredy cat four-eyes. Whatcha need?"
Yukio glared and tried his best not to get even more irritated. "Stop calling me that. And I was wondering if Kamiki and Moriyama were done with the barrier circle yet."
Shura gazed over to where the girls were finishing, Shura could barely make out what they were doing. "I'm gunna guess they're just about finished. We'll met ya back at the firepit once they're done."
Yukio nodded and walked back towards the fire. "They should be done in a moment. And in time too. It's getting to be dark and this whole forest will be infested with low-ranked demons."
Suguro had a serious and determined look on his face. "Yukio Sensei. What can you tell us about that Ayakashi character you and Shura mentioned earlier?" All attention was to the young exorcist Sensei. Taking in a deep breath, he replied, "In all honesty, I don't know quite that much about her. All I know is that she's a very confusing but dangerous demon. Similar to Rin, she has flames of her own. But she can manipulate them to be any color and what it can burn. There are reports that she's even healed people by using her flames. She carries a katana with her and she's been known for her singing. She's even nicknamed 'the Forest Siren.'"
Konekomaru broke out into cold sweat. "Siren? So... She can manipulate men too?!" Yukio smiled and lightly shook his head. "I don't think so. From what I was told, her singing is impeccably beautiful and people can't help but follow the sound of her voice. As far as I know, she doesn't intentionally try to lure in an audience."
Shima smiled mischievously and slyly asked, "I'm guessing she's beautiful, eh?" Suguro swat the pink headed monks head. "Calm down you damn pervert."
Yukio stared into the fire. "I honestly do not know. I've never witnessed her before. I think Shura would know."
*Grumble*
The boys all turned to Rin, who's stomach was still growling. Blushing, he hugged his stomach and looked down at the ground in embarrassment. "I guess I'm hungry... Hehe..."
"Then go make us all some dinner. Since you're the best cook here." Shura suggested as she walked back to the group with Izumo and Shiemi in tow. "So the barrier circle is up and ready, I take it?" Yukio asked as Shura walked to the cooler and took out a can of beer.
"Yup. No demons coming in here tonight." Shura blatantly stated and took a big gulp of her beer. She didn't bother to look at the group and just stared out into the darkness of the forest, her eyes distant and uncertain. Everyone could sense there was something amiss with their busty Sensei. But they didn't bother to question since they were all hungry and tired.
"WHERE'S THE DAMN FOOD OKUMURA?!"
"IT'S COOKING, SUGURO! NOW SHUT THE HELL UP! It's almost done anyways!" Rin glared at Suguro. "Stupid, bossy gorilla..."
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-ShinoKage