Hi, everyone! I'm Scarlet, and this is my first time writing fanfiction ever. It will probably suck. But whatever, practice makes perfect, and perfect is a really long way away, so I have to practice lots! I refuse to curse, (though I am fine with stories that do) but some characters don't exactly have the cleanest of mouths. So, to solve such problems, I censor them with similar words. (ship, fudge, beach, as, ect.) When they are underlined, it will be them saying the corresponding curse. If it's not underlined, chances are I either forgot or the person actually said the censor word. Also, I haven't read the manga, so if this follows the story, it will follow the anime. This was quite long. I apologize. Now, on to the probably very crappy yet good first attempt story!
In Gehenna
"Rin!" Satan yelled, the sound echoing throughout the halls of his palace. A ten-year-old Rin, covered in his blue flames, peeked his head into the throne room.
"Yes Daddy?" he asked.
"Come over here," Satan said. Rin walked to the throne, and sat himself down on the one next to his fathers. They looked nearly identical to each other, except for the fact that Satan was taller, and Rin was wearing jeans and a t-shirt, while Satan was flames lit. "You are aware of your mother and I's dream, correct?" Satan asked Rin.
"I remember you telling me about it a while ago," Rin replied absentmindedly. "What about it?"
"Every demon that can exist in Assiah has a summoning chant, no matter how powerful the demon might be. Of course, the more powerful, the longer the chant, the harder to think of it, so on so forth," Satan said, explaining something Rin had already heard. "Also, the more powerful the demon, the easier it is to resist the chant. In order to help your mother and my dream, I give you permission to go to Assiah if summoned." Satan finished, and looked at Rin. Rin smiled, showing his fangs.
"Cool! Now can I go back to trying to help the Coal Tars? They want me to help them teach the babies to float," Rin said. Satan nodded, and Rin left. Rin, surprisingly, was very dutiful in his work as not only the Prince of Gehenna, but also as the Demon King of Darkness and Gravity. No one in Assiah knew of his existence, at least, to Satan's knowledge. And he planned to keep it that way, at least for a little while.
Five Years Later, In Assiah
Yukio was sitting in his second to last cram-school class of the day. It was memorizing verses, also known as the Aria class. The teacher, a fat lady, was closing the class up. Yukio already knew most of this stuff. He had been training since he was seven, but his father hadn't allowed him to actually participate in the cram school until now. The teacher closed the class, and Yukio and the other kids moved to the next class. Summoning.
"I'm Professor Neuhaus, and I'm going to test you all to see if you have the ability to summon a demon. Not only do you need to have immense willpower to summon a demon, but a natural aptitude is also indispensable. I shall now test to see if any of you have this aptitude. Using the rough sketch of the magic circle I passed out, place a drop of your blood and chant whatever comes to your mind," the teacher with an eye-patch, Professor Neuhaus said. Everyone nodded, and drew out their paper.
Izumo pricked her finger and dragged it across two summoning papers. "I humbly appeal to the goddess Inari. I entreat you to not leave my prayers unfulfilled!" she said, and two white foxes, Byakko.
"Not one, but two Byakko, white foxes. Excellent work, Miss Kamiki," Professor Neuhaus said.
"Your so talented, Izumo-chan. I'm not having any luck," Paku said.
"I don't have this skill," Ryuji, also known as Bon, said, looking down at his paper.
"Neither do I," Konekomura said. Shima just shrugged his shoulders.
"I'm going to try now!" Shiemi exclaimed, getting everyone to turn their heads to face her. She put a little blood on the paper and quietly said "Here boy, here boy…Just kidding!" She stared at the paper, not thinking anything would appear, until a tiny green doll-like creature with a flower on its head appeared and floated down, landing on her paper.
"Nee!" it called out.
"It looks like an infant Greenman. Most impressive, Miss Moriyama," Professor Neuhaus said, clearly not as impressed as he was with Izumo. Yukio looked down at his paper and shrugged. He already knew that he wanted to be a Dragoon and a Doctor, but trying this was mandatory. He pricked his finger with a pin, dragged the bleeding finger across the paper, and whispered the first thing that came to mind, in a voice quiet enough that, if you weren't trying to hear it, you wouldn't be able to hear it.
"Thee of darkness, thee of flight. Thee of never ending night. Thee of flames, big and blue. I am calling out to you. Prince of Gehenna, Prince of Night. Prince of Gehenna, Prince of Flight," he whispered. A flash of blue echoed about the room, and standing in front of him was a boy who looked to be his age, with a blue flickering flame crown and a blue flamed tail. His hair was kind of rumpled, as if he had been in a windy place, and his clothes were oddly normal for a demon, a blue t-shirt and jeans. Black boots covered his feet, and his tail flicked in the air restlessly.
"Blood calls to blood and like calls to like. You have called and I have answered," the boy whispered, too quiet for anyone but Yukio to hear.
A few seconds before the summoning, in Gehenna
"Dad!" Rin yelled out, his voice echoing through the halls.
"What is it now?" Satan grumbled under his breath. "Yes?" he called out to Rin.
"My brother, the human one in Assiah? He's trying to be an exorcist, and he's attempting to summon," Rin said.
"And?" Satan asked, annoyed that this was what Rin had disturbed him for. He was in the middle of his nap!
Rin just gave Satan a look that clearly read "seriously?" "He's more likely to…" Rin said, waiting for his father to fill in the blank. Finally, he got it.
"Summon you?" he said after a few seconds of thinking. Rin rolled his eyes and nodded his head. His father wasn't the quickest thinker, especially around his nap time.
"So I'm making sure you're going to keep your word," Rin said.
"Yes, you can go, but only if he says the right summons," Satan said.
"Of which he just did. Bye!" Rin said, a smirk present on his face.
Back…To Assiah!
Everyone was staring at the smirking humanoid demon that Yukio had just summoned. A Coal Tar floated down from the ceiling, hovered in front of him, and then flew straight at him, causing the demon to smile, which just caused everyone to stare more. Professor Neuhaus was the first to do anything, and it was a very…violent reaction. He commanded his already summoned Naberius to attack. It pounced at Rin, (because calling him a humanoid demon was getting annoying) nearly knocking him to the ground.
However, in a movement too quick for the human eye to catch, Rin had drawn two knives out of his boots and had stabbed the Naberius in the head, killing it instantaneously. He removed his knife, and watched as the summoned demon disappeared, returning to Gehenna.
"Is that how you greet people here?" Rin asked, surprising everyone further.
"You…talked," a very stunned Bon said.
"Every demon can talk, humans just can't hear it," Rin said matter-of-factly, cleaning off his one dagger, which had been covered in goop from the Naberius.
"What level of demon are you?" Professor Neuhaus demanded.
"A high one," Rin replied, moving onto the next dagger. He smirked at the irritated look on Professor Neuhaus's face.
"What level?"
"I just answered that. A high one," Rin said again. He could see the anger in his eyes. He probably shouldn't tick off an exorcist in their home field…but it was so much fun playing with their minds. He just had too!
While Professor Neuhaus cooled down and tried to find a way to get the answer he was looking for without Rin being a smart as, Rin turned to the one Coal Tar that had flown at him. Rin nodded his head at seemingly random intervals, causing the other students to look between one another in confusion. Rin waved his hand, battign at the Coal Tar until it floated away.
"How high of a level are you," Professor Neuhaus finally asked after consideration.
"A very high one," Rin responded. Professor Neuhaus was thoroughly annoyed.
"Just answer the question already!" he yelled, his patience gone thin. Rin just stood there smirking.
"I already did. I am a very high level demon," he said, crossing his arms over his chest. He leaned back, like one would against a wall, and stood there, tilted at a weird angel. All the other students stayed out of it, seeing as they were Pages. "And didn't you get trained to control your emotions? The Pages are doing a better job at that then you."
Twitching slightly, he reworded his sentence once again. "In number form, tell me whose kin you are, and the level of demon that you are," he said.
"Finally you ask a different question," Rin said, the smirk still present on his face. "I am 2nd, and of one you know not." At this point, Neuhaus wanted to bang his head on a wall, but he didn't, because that would be very out of character and not be good on his record.
"That's not an answer!" He snapped. His patience had completely run out, and Rin was still being a smart aleck. He took a deep breath, and closed his eyes. "Answer, or I will call a hoard of exorcist in here."
Rin shook his head. "You seem to be very stupid." Rin said. "Why not ask the person who summoned me? Or just rip the dam paper." Neuhaus narrowed his eyes at him, then turned to Yukio.
"Tear the paper," he said to him. Yukio looked down at the paper, and was about to rip it, when he thought of a better idea.
"Wouldn't it make more sense if I just asked him?" Yukio said. "He is my summon, and therefore has to answer the questions." Neuhaus thought for a bit, then nodded.
"Ask him the same questions I asked," Neuhaus said, and Yukio complied.
"I already answered those," Rin said. Yukio thought for a second.
"What is the name of the demon you are kin too?" Yukio asked.
Rin turned to Neuhaus. "He's smarter than you," he said in a taunting voice. He turned back to Yukio. "Rin is the demon's name."
"I've never heard of a Demon King named Rin…" Yukio said.
"Again, it is one that you don't know." Rin said.
"And what exactly is it king too?" Yukio asked.
"First off, it's a he. Second, he is the Demon King of both Darkness and Gravity." Rin said. "Of course, if you had actually paid attention to what you had said, then you would know that."
"Fine then, he." Yukio said. "And I summoned you, not him. How would I know?"
"In demon culture, the Demon Kings are their own kin as well as the kin of every demon in their kingdom. Therefore, I can both be the kin of a Demon King and a Demon King at the same time."
"Are you trying to tell me that you are a demon king?" Yukio said, somewhat dumbfounded.
"Well, it took you long enough," Rin said. He crossed his legs and floated in mid-air upside down, a wide Cheshire grin present on his face.
"But I thought you said you were the second most powerful?" Yukio narrowed his eyes at Rin. Rin, in turn, grinned even wider and just continued to float upside down.
Neuhaus was stunned. It was unheard of for an exorcist of even his level to tame a humanoid demon, let alone a demon king. And to be done by an Page? It wasn't even possible! And what could this really annoying demon mean by 2nd most powerful if he was the King of the realm.
"Ask the demon to explain," Neuhaus commanded Yukio. Yukio, who had been wondering the exact same thing, did it immediately.
"I mean exactly what you would think it means. I am 2nd most powerful," Rin answered, still floating upside down.
Izumo's eyes widened, her eyebrows raised in surprise. "He can't mean that," she said to herself out loud. "That's impossible."
"What are you talking about, Izumo-chan?" Paku asked.
Izumo didn't respond, and instead looked at Rin. "You...you don't mean second to Satan, do you?" she asked, somewhat hesitantly.
Rin's grin broke all possibilities and grew even wider. "Ding ding ding! We have a winner! That is exactly what I mean."
Okay, Chapter 1 is done. I hope it doesn't absolutely suck. And I apologize if something goes wrong and it's hard to read, I'm trying to figure this out and all. If something does happen, I'll try to fix it. Thanks for reading, and please tell me what you think! Or don't. It's up to you. Reviewing will make me update faster, but I should update either way. Bye!