Blue Exorcist fanfic this time! Woohoo! Enjoy!
This is set some time after Rin's friends find out he's a demon, but before the whole 'kicking Satan's butt' thing. At this time, the other exwires have accepted his demon-ness.
"Good morning," Yukio said as the exwire class settled into their seats. On most days, Shima would have already been hitting on the girls and Izumo would have already smacked him into the ground, but today the students seemed to sense that their instructor had something important to say.
"I have something to tell you all. Today we have a new exwire joining us."
"Sweet!" Shima yelled. "I hope it's a pretty girl!"
"Yeah, that's make the numbers more even so maybe you can keep a shred of your dignity when we kick you boys' butts," Izumo sniffed.
Yukio coughed pointedly. "Anyway, she will be joining us any minute now. Please be respectful."
As if on cue, there was a soft knock at the door. The exwires unconsciously straightened a bit in their seats as Yukio hurried to the door and smoothly slid it open.
"Welcome, Miss Bellator!" He said brightly. Stepping aside, he allowed the new exwire to step into the classroom.
"Hello, I'm Corinne. Please take care of me." The girl said in a soft, musical voice. After giving a polite bow, she straightened up to reveal light blue eyes as clear as the sky. She had shockingly white hair that hung straight down her back to almost her waist. Corinne was already wearing the True Cross uniform.
"You may take your seat right there," Yukio said as he gestured to the empty desk next to Shiemi.
"Thank you," Corinne said as she walked to her seat.
"Hi!" Shiemi whispered happily as Yukio launched into a boring lecture about some sort of demon that ate people's faces. "I'm Shiemi Moriyama!"
"It's nice to meet you," Corinne replied before pulling out a spiral and jotting down a few notes from Yukio's lesson. Shiemi smiled again and returned to her own notebook.
BANG!
"Sorry I'm late!" Rin shouted as he skidded into the room, shirt half-buttoned and tie loose. Yukio laid down the textbook he was holding and sighed.
"Take a seat, Rin," he said as he pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose. Rin gave him a sloppy grin before dumping his books on his desk and finishing buttoning his uniform. He gave Corinne a cursory glance before really seeing her.
"WHOA!" he yelled, skidding back a few steps. "Yukio, there's someone at my desk!"
Yukio sighed - again. "Yes, Rin, that's Corinne. She's a new student and you two will share a table."
"Oh. Cool," Rin said before plopping down in his seat. He turned to Corinne beside him, who was giving him a very strange look. "Hi, I'm Rin! I'm Yukio's older brother."
Corinne glared at him through narrowed eyes, but Rin had already opened up his notebook and began to doodle.
"Corinne!" Shiemi called as she waved excitedly from beside Izumo. "Come join us for lunch!"
Corinne debated it for a moment before shrugging and heading over to the girls. "I brought my own today," she told them as they sat down on the base of a fountain in the courtyard.
"Oh, that's cool!" Shiemi giggled. "We both brought our own too." They opened their lunches and began to eat. Nearby, the boys were sitting under a tree and enjoying their lunches in a similar fashion. Bon, Konekomaru, and Shima had all bought lunches, but Rin of course brought his own.
"He brought his…" Corinne murmured.
"Oh, yeah, he does that," Shiemi mumbled around a mouthful of food. "He makes lunch for him and his brother."
"They're not really brothers, are they?" Corinne asked, her eyes still on the blue-eyed exwire.
"Why would you say that?" Izumo asked curiously.
"Well, Rin is… so different."
"True," Shiemi conceded, "But they really are twins. I mean, their eyes are the same too."
What an oddly specific thing to notice, Corinne thought. Besides, they're really not the same…
"And Rin really is older," Izumo added. "I know he doesn't seem like it, but he is. He's actually more powerful than Yukio."
"Powerful?" Corinne questioned, tipping her head to the side.
"Uh, you know… stronger, and stuff," Izumo said distractedly as she watched a fight break out between Rin and Bon.
"Oh! Corrine!" Shiemi suddenly exclaimed, startling the newest student.
"What?!" She yelled in surprise, nearly dropping her lunch.
"Where'd you come from?"
"Um… A mother and a father, I'm pretty sure…" Corinne replied, rolling her eyes.
'No, I mean where are you from? Like, where'd you transfer to True Cross from?"
"Oh. It was an order form the Grigori and the… higher-ups." Corinne settled back down and continued to eat her lunch.
"Wow, the higher-ups? You must be, like, super powerful or something then, right?!" Shiemi asked excitedly.
"I'm just here to learn about demon slaying and stuff. The Grigori thought it would be beneficial to have me educated here."
"Well then, welcome to True Cross!" Shiemi exclaimed. Corinne smiled in response before turning her troubled gaze back to Rin and Bon. The girls made meaningless conversation the rest of lunch before returning to class. Corinne was made to sit next to Rin again and she seemed to get increasingly uncomfortable as the day wore on. As soon as the last bell rang, she leaped from her seat and hurried over to talk animatedly with Izumo and Shiemi.
Just as the exwires were leaving, the lights suddenly shut off. All of the exwires let out a unanimous groan.
"Not again," Shima moaned.
"Oh, c'mon! I'm way too tired for this!" Rin growled.
"What?" Corinne asked throwing a confused glance at her classmates.
"Shura's let the dang ghouls out again!" Bon complained.
Immediately, Corinne perked up. "She let ghouls loose? In here?"
"Welcome to True Cross," Yukio said dryly. "I'm sorry, Corinne, that this had to happen on your first day. I'd talk to Shura about this, but she wouldn't listen anyway."
"She lets these wild ghouls we have for training out occasionally. She says it gives them fresh air, but they smell like rotting meat anyway," Rin said from behind Corinne. She immediately whirled around, shoulders tensed, but Rin was smiling happily. "Don't be so upset! We'll take care of this really quick, and it most likely means she won't let them loose for at least three days. She uses them to train us about finding demons. It's all part of our lessons."
"Three days?" Corinne gasped. This school is crazy! What are they teaching here?
"Yep!" Just as Rin confirmed her suspicions, Bon and said half-demon caught a group of shadows out of the corner of their eyes beyond the windows. The shapes detached and split into two groups, one substantially bigger than the other.
Rin threw a demonic glance at Bon.
"I CALL THE BIG ONE!" They both yelled, Bon just a few seconds behind Rin.
"Yes! I said it first!" Rin crowed, snatching his sword case from beside his desk while Bon ground his teeth.
"Tch. Fine, you go after the bigger group, we'll take the smaller one," he nearly snarled.
"Betchya I'll get back first," Rin taunted as he disappeared out the door.
"Shut up!" Bon yelled after him as Shima pulled out his K'rik. Behind him, Izumo summoned her Byakko and ordered them to sniff out the ghouls.
"Hey Shiemi," Izumo said as the party began to leave. "Why don't you stay here with Corinne?"
"Good idea," Shiemi smiled. "After all, it's her first day!"
With a nod, Izumo exited the room and followed her familiars, the boys tailing her and readying their defenses. Shiemi sat down at an empty desk and patted the chair by her. Corinne sat down in it, angling it slightly so she had a view of the windows. Her eyes constantly scanned the glass to see if she could catch a glimpse of the hunt taking place outside.
"Don't worry," Shiemi reassured the exwire. "They can handle it. This will all be over soon!"
"Why did Rin take the biggest group by himself?" Corinne asked, staring intently at her classmate. A few bangs and crashes echoed from inside the school.
"He'll be fine, don't worry," Shiemi smiled.
"But why did he take the most dangerous part? Aren't you worried?"
"Of course not!" Shiemi looked surprised. "He's just like that. He's very strong, you know. He can defeat that many ghouls easily."
Corinne looked at Shiemi calculatingly for a moment. "Shiemi, do you know tha-"
Whatever Corinne was about to say was suddenly cut off by a loud bang as a foul-smelling ghoul burst through the door.
"Nee!" Shiemi yelled as both girls scrambled away from the demon. The little greenman popped onto the blonde's shoulders as she stood up in preparation to capture their training buddy. The ghoul hissed in response, spit or some bodily fluid making puddles on the floor. Its mouth was a sewn-together slash and it seemed to have only one eye. The space where the other should have been was occupied by a couple large stitches crusted with something Shiemi didn't want to think too hard about. She stepped forward as if to attack, but Corinne was already there.
"From the highest heavens at the feet of the Maker, I ask for a feather of the bird that carries the sun!" Corinne yelled, her hands drawing an intricate symbol in the air and then hovering around chest height. The imaginary lines she had just drawn suddenly blazed with a white, holy light before shooting a white beam at the ghoul.
The shot burned a hole through the demons leg, making it collapse on the injured limb. It hissed something in the demon tongue before scrambling up the wall, dripping the danger of a temptaint all over the room.
Corinne let a curse slip through her lips as she moved her hands, the symbol rotating with the action. She repositioned her symbol to point directly at the ghoul when she heard a loud yell from the doorway.
"NO!" Rin yelled, his sword sheathed but out of its sleeve. Corinne started at the noise, giving Shiemi just enough time to have Nee wrap the demon in a ball of twigs before Corinne let her symbol fade. Shiemi let out a loud breath in relief; however, Corinne felt her anger bubbling up.
"What was that?" She nearly yelled as she stalked up to Rin, who had just covered his sword.
"Huh?" He blinked in surprise.
"Why would you protect a demon?" She spat, putting her hands on her hips and leaning into his face. "Do you have some sort of connection to that demon? Why on heaven and earth would you stop me from killing some reeking, dirty hellspawn?" Rin flinched a tiny bit at her words, but forced a confused smile anyway.
"U-um, I'm not sure what you're implying…"
"Are you an exorcist, or are you a-" Corinne accused loudly.
"CORINNE!" Shiemi yelled over the new student's tirade. The white-haired girl's shoulders gave a tiny twitch in recognition.
"Please don't speak that way to Rin," she said softly. "Professor Shura will deduct points from our grades if we kill one of the demons."
Corinne immediately felt a hot blush of embarrassment color her cheeks. Well, how was I supposed to know?! She inwardly defended, but bowed her head to Rin. "Uh, I'm sorry," she muttered.
"Nah, it's cool," Rin grinned, scratching the back of his head. "How were you supposed to know anyway?" She gave a small relieved smile and turned back to Shiemi and apologized to her before helping her roll the wooden ball that contained the ghoul out of the room. Rin followed, slinging his Kurikara over his shoulder and keeping a lookout for any other rogue demons.
The group met up with Bon's team in the hallway, who had already deposited their captured demons back in their cages. The assisted Shiemi in sealing the last ghoul and locked the cage, allowing Konekomaru to place a seal on the padlock.
"Well, g'night!" Rin waved, stifling a large yawn. "I gotta go make lunch with Ukobach and then catch some sleep."
"Why? You'll just sleep in class all day tomorrow anyway," Bon grumbled.
"Hey!" Rin protested. "I'm studying to be an exorcist too, ya know!"
"Yeah, sure, whatever. This took waaay to long," Bon complained as he began to leave, giving the dying sunset a baleful glare.
"Goodnight!" Konekomaru said as he followed after Bon, Shima doing the same.
"Try and stay awake tomorrow, 'kay?" Shiemi said as she waved goodbye to Rin as well.
"Sure thing," the black-haired exwire smiled broadly before turning to go to his own dorm. Shiemi turned as well and followed Izumo, who had already started walking to the girls dorms. She turned around to call to Corinne, who was staring at Rin's retreating back.
"Come on, Corinne! You'll stay in our dorm, so let's go!" She yelled.
"Alright, I'm coming!" Corinne responded before giving Rin one last look.
I don't get it, she thought tiredly. He's funny, cheerful, and sleeps all day. He tried to help me today and offered to fight the most demons. He doesn't hold grudges, even when I yell at him.
But he's most definitely a demon.
Thanks for reading! This is my first story with a main OC. I have no idea what's going to happen :) Anyway, if you like it, PLEASE leave me a review! I update faster if I get more reviews. I will probably update soon because I just started writing, but I have no idea how long this fic is going to be :)