Long ago, in a land not of this world. A place believed by many to be a place of fiction, while those who believe sought to stay away. A place feared by so many. A place of darkness and built upon the sins of the world. A place called Gehenna, the world were demons lie. Under the rule of Satan himself, he leads the world under an iron fist alongside his eight demon kings. Each of these kings are rulers of different elements. The seven deadly sins rule below the kings as a warriors of Satan. Each king maintain their own kin, however some sought a little more than others, thus the class of underlings. Underlings are known to be high level demons who are peaceful but dangerous when threatened. Each underling living under the rule of each element. Underlings weren't considered very useful until the King of Fire Iblis rampaged the nesting grounds of the fire underlings. He destroyed everything within the grounds, many of the underlings fled in fear, while some had managed to stand their ground. One of them being a very young underling. The little one held on as long as it could until Iblis stopped his destruction. As a souvenir for his triumph against a helpless group of demons, the little underling that held on was taken away from its family. The little underling was raised by the hand of the Fire King with a brutal upbringing. The little underling began to grow angry by the day tired of being locked up in a cage. One day, it disappeared from Iblis. The vengeful underling was angered by the treatment it was receiving feeling that it was better being treated like a slave more than anything else. Seeking for help the underling had managed to travel to a distant land. There it met up with the King of Time and shared its story of Iblis' tyranny. The King of Time offered his helping hand and promised to make things better for the little underling. The underling accepted and when Iblis found out, the King of Time protected the little underling forbidding Iblis to come near. In fear, Iblis refrained from ever coming after his underling again.
The underling then grew up under the watchful eye of the King of Time. In that time the underling was introduced to the King of Earth. Occasionally the King of Earth would act as a sitter for the little underling and in time grew a strong connection with it. Not much is known about the connection. The underling lived under the King of Time's wing for thousands of years, until the King of Time had disappeared without a trace. The King of Time was the next closing thing the underling had to a family. Upset, the underling sought to find him. Knowing the connecting the King of Time has with Satan he underling made the journey to Satan's temple. The little underling cautiously approached Satan's temple to question the King of Time's whereabouts believing that he had been sent out on a mission. With the help from the King of Earth, the underling was able to enter the temple. Satan casted the underling away refusing to listen to anything that it had to say deeming it to be nothing more than a pathetic demon. The King of Earth, after hearing the underling's cries, tried to reason with Satan. Satan continued to refuse the request of a mere underling. However, that did not stop it. The underling tried to enter the temple and was casted away each time, but the underling did not give up. Satan began to grow a liking towards the underling after its persistent display of determination to have an audience with him. He agreed to the underling's request after many attempts. He told the underling of a world called Assiah, a place not like their own filled with beings known as humans. He explained that this is where the King of Time resides and that the only way to enter this other world was through a gate. The underling requested to travel to this world by having him open the gate for it. Satan refused to allow the underling to have access to this world seeing how the little one was weaker than most underlings and would surely die upon arrival. However, he believed that if the underling could prove itself and become powerful to earn its own seat in the council he would help get the underling to Assiah. Under this circumstance Satan believed that the goal would be unachievable for the little one to achieve.
The King of Earth felt sorry for the underling knowing how much it cared for the King of Time and brought it to the Sin of Lust. Under the King of Earth's request, Lust continued to forge the underling into a stronger demon to prove that it was worthy. Under Lust, the underling was shaped into a succubus like demon with the innate ability to control powerful flames. The King of Earth continued to see the underling and began to develop a very fond admiration for it more than just the small connection they had before. As each day passed he tried to convince the little one to not go to Assiah and stay in Gehenna with him as his own underling. Refusing to accept the offer the underling continued to keep its flames growing stronger. Day by day, the underling grew stronger and eventually became powerful enough to defeat the Sin of Lust in combat. The King of Fire Iblis began to hear of the underling's growth. Against the King of Time's wishes, he sought after his underling. When he found it, he was impressed by the incredible growth and determination that it had. Still furious for all of what he had done, the underling challenged Iblis to battle. If Iblis won, then he could do whatever he wished to it, however if the underling won, it wanted to be take over as the ruler of fire feeling that Iblis did not deserve the title. Agreeing to the terms, the two demons fought. Word had gotten out to Satan about the intense battle that was taking place. Already the underling had shown that it had become one of the strongest if not the strongest underling to have roamed Gehenna. The underling proved to be a challenge for Iblis unlike other higher-levelled demons. However, it still was not strong enough. Iblis had beaten the underling to near death before being stopped by Satan's hand. Seeing the growth of the underling, Satan saw a future for it. Born of the raging flames of the King of Fire and the cunning skills of the Sin of Lust, raised by the King of Time, trusted by the King of Earth, and overall showing its own strength and will being greater than most underlings, had proven that it was unique all on its own and worthy in his eyes. He granted the underling a seat in the demon council as second in command to the King of Fire as long as Iblis accepts the proposal. The underling accepted the seat still showing spite towards Iblis as he humbly agreed to his father's wishes.
Now under Iblis' command and requested by Satan, the underling was then further trained as a fire demon warrior. As much as it didn't like the idea, the underling accepted the request. The underling soon began to gain the ability to control the Fire King's kin as if they were their own. This was due to the outmost respect that the underling had earned from the lower leveled demons. It wasn't long until the underling was recognized as part of the hierarchy amongst others that were inspired by its strength. In this time, the underling thanked the King of Earth for all he has done, and the Sin of Lust for the training. The underling's strength continued to grow with the desire to see the King of Time again. Once again the underling requested an audience with Satan. Here, the underling reminded him of when he stated that it could pass to Assiah so long as they were able to gain a seat as a council member. Still holding to his word he allowed the underling passage to Assiah. He informed the underling that the gate would be small only allowing it to pass into this materialistic world and form a permanent possession. Once the gate was open fully, the underling passed through it and had finally made its way to Assiah to find the King of Time.
"And that folks is how the second commanders of the demon kings were created," said a man in a trench coat as he closed an old brown text book. "This one particular underling sparked a widespread commotion which allowed other underlings to become second in command to the king of an element, which then divided the underling into several levels. The Second in Command being the strongest and well respected underlings said to even one day over throw the Kings themselves. It hasn't happened but it could be possible. Next we have the henchmen type of underlings called Loyals who would do anything for the Kings, and then the lowest being the Ferals who are out of control underlings kind of treated as dogs to the kings and the Seconds in Command."
A bell rings in the room, "Alright, class is dismissed."
Seven students began to gather their things and leave the classroom to be dismissed from school. Two of the seven students made their way to the hall and began to walk down the darkened hallway.
"Wow, who knew that there were different levels within the different levels. I really hope that only a little bit will be on the written exam," said the first student as she flicked her purple ponytail behind her shoulder.
"You're telling me that was a lot to take in," said a short boy as he adjusted his glasses.
"I still can't believe that something like that can exist. A demon that could have the capability to overthrow a king. Do you know how strong that demon would have to be?" said the girl.
"Well, let's just be thankful that we don't have to face one of those anytime soon right. I mean it's not like a lot of the Second Commanders exist, only a few exist. Thankfully not all the kings have a Second in Command," the boy replied.
"Yeah, but still."
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the school the headmaster sits at his desk. He gently moves a piece of his purple hair behind his slightly abnormal pointed ear as he begins to read a very important letter addressed to him from the Vatican. The Vatican is a holy place which currently sits as the headquarters for all Exorcist activities. The headmaster is an Honorary Knight of the True Cross Order and sits as the director of the Cram School at True Cross Academy. The True Cross Order is a division of Exorcists currently located within the Japan sector of the Vatican and is considered to be the largest order at this time. The Cram School within True Cross Academy is a secret training school separated from the rest of the Academy's school studies to train future exorcists. However, little to the regular students know that their headmaster is in fact a demon. This particular demon has been present in Assiah for many years and has earned the trust of the Vatican which is very unheard of. This demon goes by the name Johann Faust or better known to most as Mephisto Pheles.
"Well this is interesting, this is very interesting indeed," he said sitting back in his chair as he places the documents on his desk. On them was an image of a young female exorcist also ranked as an Honorary Exorcist specifically an Honorary Knight exorcist who mostly is noted as an Honorary Dragoon exorcist, an exorcist who specializes in guns. This exorcist wishes to be transferred in from the American division, the Sacred Heart Order as smaller order of the Vatican that covers the North American continent.
The next morning the seven cram school students were sitting in class as their teacher was giving them a lesson on pharmaceuticals against demonic illnesses. The young teacher appeared to be the same age as his students but had maturity of any of the other teachers. Holding the rank of a Middle First Class Exorcist the young Yukio Okumura has shown to be one of the youngest teachers of the Cram School.
"Rin, are you even listening to me?" He asked a boy with blackish blue hair sitting in the front row.
"Yeah I'm listening," he replied.
"Then repeat what I just said," Yukio responded placing his hands on the desk.
Rin stammered and tried to flip through a text book to at least attempt something instead of looking like a fool.
"If you had done the reading you would have known that we are on chapter five section four of the text book and had at least allowed you to say something instead of making yourself look like a fool!" Yukio said to himself.
"Would you two keep your brotherly quarrels at home for once!" a young boy with brown hair and a blond streak down the center of his hair proclaimed.
"You know Suguro is right," Mephisto replied walking into the room.
"Director, what are you doing here?" Yukio asked.
"I just received these important papers that I want you in particular to look at," Mephisto replied handing Yukio the documents of the Honorary Dragoon Exorcist.
"These are just transfer papers it looks like," Yukio stated as he flipped through the documents.
"Yes they are, after numerous tries, the Vatican finally approved of her transfer to our division. This could be due to recent changes within True Cross itself," Mephisto replied looking over at Rin. "I have granted the request for the transfer. She will become a councillor and a work as a specialty trainer to help provide lessons to those who want it. But unfortunately she has no place to stay, so I wish to discuss her placement within your dorm for now."
"Wait, you want a complete stranger from a different division in mine and Rin's dorm?" Yukio replied shockingly.
"Why yes, I do." Mephisto said as he began to leave the room.
Later that evening, Yukio went into the research section of the True Cross Order to dig into the history of this new exorcist that is transferring to at least familiarize himself with his new dorm mate. As he searched through the files, he came across a document labelled Second Commander Ignifera almost as if it were purposely placed to be found. He placed the file on a nearby desk and began to search a little more for anything pertaining to Ashley Pyre the new exorcist. As Yukio turned away, the documents he had placed on the desk had mysteriously fallen to the ground. Quickly turning around, he saw nothing was there. Knowing that no demon could have access to the academy due to the barrier Mephisto had placed, he relaxed and calmly picked up the file. A picture had fallen out and landed on the desk. He closely examined it before putting it away and noticed something. Within the photo it was not ordinary person. The photo itself consisted of two headshots one of a young woman and the second of a demon but both being the same person. Before he was able to open the file, it had crumbled into dust as if it had rapidly aged. All he had was the photo.
"There is no need to go into any further details, that photo should be enough information for now," Mephisto said quietly hiding where he couldn't be seen.
Yukio held onto the photo and examined it closely. He determined that the photo was taken in the late 1960's. The woman in the picture had no smile, her eyes were yellow and her hair was red with black ends. Her ears were pointed and a small hoop was pierced through the top of her right ear. In the second portion of the photo, her eyes had changed. They were almost reptilian and still maintained their golden yellow color. Her skin was red and scaly and long horns were on her head. Here features greatly reminded him of a reptilian creature but also the stereotypical demon. Behind her in the image was a tail with the end of it resembling that of an ordinary arrow. There was another thing noted in the image that Yukio couldn't quiet put his finger on. The second image of her as a demon appeared to have a lighter appearance. Meaning that something in the room had made it so that the image would be brighter than when the first photo was taken. Believing that this was just a camera trick, he placed the photo in his pocket and made his way back to the dorms.
As Yukio walked in, he found Rin sitting in the kitchen hall. Rin sat there enjoying the latest evening meal cooked up by their incredible chef. The little chef saw Yukio walk in and promptly threw a plate of food in his direction.
"Thanks Ukobach," he replied to the little demon chef. "Rin, I need to talk to you about this new exorcist transferring to our order,"
"Yeah, what about it," Rin replied with a mouthful of food.
"Something tells me that this isn't good news, especially since she is going to be living in our dorm."
Rin swallowed what was in his mouth and replied, "So what, so a new exorcist is going to be living around here. It's not like it's a big deal or anything right?"
"Rin, I believe you seem to have missed the whole concept of a new exorcist coming to live here. An exorcist who may not have received full word about what goes on around here. She may not even know about your little situation," Yukio stated pointing at the tail poking out from behind Rin.
Unlike most of the exorcists-to-be currently studying at the cram school, Rin was a unique case alongside his twin brother Yukio. Recently Rin was awoken into his true state as a half-demon and not just of a demon. He is noted to be one of the sons of Satan. Although being his twin brother, Yukio is considered a half-demon himself, but shows no signs of holding any capability of a demon himself. For most of his life, Rin's powers were concealed away through a powerful sealing spell in a demonic sword called Kurikara. Once the sword was removed from its sheath during a horrific incident, it released the full blue flames of Satan within Rin further resulting in the tragic death of the twin's adoptive Father and Paladin to the order Shiro Fujimoto.
Since birth Yukio had always had the ability to see demons due to the Rin giving him a temptaint, a mark or incident caused by a demon. In fear of knowing what Rin really was, the young Yukio didn't want to see his brother lose control and become like the others he can see. However, with the confidence and encouragement from Shiro, the young Yukio trained to become and exorcist in order to help protect his brother.
"Well I guess that is a little problem," Rin said running is hand through his hair.
"A little problem, what's so little about that!" Yukio said putting his hand to his face.
The two continued to argue at each other about how they would adjust their living situations with the new exorcist moving in. It wasn't long before they finally had come to an agreement on some minor changes with the help of Ukobach and his persuasive frying pan to the head technique.
