The 15-year-old sat cross-legged on her bed, staring at the blue ball of flame that hovered over her hand.
She often wondered how a simple colour changed the way everyone perceived her or would perceive her if anyone knew.
Sighing softly she clenched her hand into a fist, the blue flame disappearing in the process as she laid down on her back. Tomorrow she would be attending True Cross Academy with her brother, and their cram school to become an exorcist. Something she promised someone a few years ago.
X
11-year-old Kiyo cried in her room as she saw her body was covered in blue flames. She knew what it meant. Scrabbling through her draws she finally found what she was looking for. It was hidden in a secret drawer, a dagger with a piece of paper wrapped around it.
Opening the paper, she typed in the number into her phone.
"Hello, Mephisto Pheles speaking."
"It's Kyio Okumura. It happened. I need your help!"
It didn't take long for Mephisto to arrive at the house, she told him to avoid the front door and to just come up to her window.
"My, my, what have we got here? Another heir to Satan?" Mephisto gleamed at the child, whose eyes were red and puffy from all her crying.
"Please, put my powers into this." She begged, holding her head down as she raised her dagger. He smirked down at her. Almost impressed by her decision.
"On one condition'" he commented, making her look up to him. "You have to attend True Cross Academy when you turn 15 and our cram school."
Her eyes widened. He knew she did not want to become an exorcist. Her father tried to start teaching her and her brother Yukio when they were 7, but after a few years of training, she realised how much she hated it. Despite her being intelligent, she wasn't as smart as Yukio, she struggled to memorise passages and it frustrated her that Yukio was so much better. Furthermore, she hated fighting demons, she was far too timid and scared to be a part of it all, so she quit.
After a moment of staring at Mephisto, she then looked into the mirror that sat next to her. He body was on fire, blue fire. She didn't have a choice but to accept his offer.
"O-okay, I will attend True Cross Academy and the cram school if you help me."
He cackled at her while grabbing the dagger.
"Perfect!"
He whispered a spell before she felt a pull on her body causing her to fall to the ground. Her eyes met the mirror, showing the blue flames had now gone. A sigh of relief escaped her lips.
"Here. Keep this safe. No-one knows about you, so no demons will be searching for you...yet. If you open it, your demonic powers will return. Understand?"
The young girl watched him with heavy eyes and nodded. Mephisto gave her one last glance before walking away to her window.
"One last thing," she spoke, standing up, "don't tell my father or anyone."
X
Kiyo gave a light sigh as she picked up her dagger. She always kept it on her, she started to wear high boots so she had somewhere to keep her dagger and out of sight to everyone.
"You haven't opened it in years..." The voice of Tadao, her familiar, caught her attention.
"I haven't needed to..." Kiyo mumbled back, her eyes looking to her familiar. He was a large wolf, it's fur white as snow and short all around, only his neck being thicker. His eyes were a bright light blue, making it the first thing a person sees when they see him.
Being a demon came with the perks of being able to communicate with Tadao. It made the last few years easier for her, being in the situation that she was Satan's daughter and no one knew about it was draining for her. Always hiding the truth from her friends and family. Eventually, she lost all of her friends, she went to school and that was about it, too scared to leave the house other than that.
Knowing she was eventually going to have to become an exorcist, she tried relearning everything from when she was younger but she failed at most of it. Only succeeding in getting herself a familiar.
Kiyo was a shy, timid young girl and didn't often get angry, but when she did, it easily triggered her flames. She quickly realised that she had to learn to control them for her to survive and for it to stay secret. She couldn't just blow up into flames if she was having an argument with her older brother Rin.
Every night she would open up her dagger and try to train her control over her flames. It took a few years but she finally became in complete control of them, not even needing to open up her dagger to get them.
The clouds started to grow dark outside, almost like a storm starting to brew. Standing up she walked over to the window, Tadao joining by her side.
"What the hell is going on..." She questioned, eyeing the sky.
As if on cue, she saw Rin and her father run into the monastery, her father seeming panicked while her brother seeming confused as her father dragged him.
The realisation hit the young girl.
"It finally happened." She looked to her familiar, whose body was now covered in blue flames, when angered, scared or frustrated of any sort, the only flames she couldn't control was the ones of Tadao.
"The sword couldn't keep in Rins powers anymore."
With that she made Tadao disappear before running off the monastery.
