Chapter 1 - Good to be back

The following story takes place after the series, and features an original character that doesn't exist in the manga or anime adaptions and features characters owned by Kazue Kato.

Aki Oshiro was not your typical 15-year-old boy. He had always been shy around others, and was always unmistakably different. One of these differences comes from his current goal in life: to become an Exorcist. In the past two weeks, Aki's grandfather had passed away, as his only living guardian after the death of Aki's parents at the hand of a demon, he had to have some idea about what to do with himself, or talks of a foster home would likely become true. A week or so after his grandfather's death, the grieving boy received a phone call on a Tuesday morning from a man who called himself Mephisto, who told him on the phone that shortly before his death, Aki's grandfather had made a deal with Mephiso and a Shiro Fujimoto, a name that Aki had last heard when he was 8-years-old, that in the event that Aki was ever left alone, he had the option to come to True Cross Academy to train to be an exorcist. This very deal had been offered to Aki in the past when he was a child, and the reason Aki had ever-so-suddenly been moved away from his home and also his best friends, Rin and Yukio Okumura. It was Friday when Aki finally decided it was time to make a decision, to do something his grandfather never thought he was strong enough to do. The blond haired boy dialed the number, one he had memorized by heart by now.

"Is this Mephisto? I'll do it."

Aki now found himself standing in a large hallway, a sight that took him by surprise considering he had opened the doorway to what should have been a bathroom. Aki received instructions that come Monday; he should use a key given to him by Mephisto Pheles to attend what was called the Cram School, which of course had confused Aki before he had seen it before his very eyes.

Come on, Aki! Pull yourself together! Shiro said you could do this, just get to class and get it over with. Oh, wonderful, I'm talking to myself again...

Aki sighed as his internal dialogue came to an end, and forced himself to stand outside of his classroom door, a classroom he was too nervous to enter. Aki stood, his hand hovering over the handle, before taking a deep breathe, double checking he had all of his things, and slowly turned the handle...

-Meanwhile, in the classroom-

Yukio Okumura, the youngest teacher at the Exorcist Cram School, and a Senior Exorcist First Class was giving a lesson on dangerous herbs to use in medicine, as his older brother, Rin Okumura, was fast asleep in the front of the class as usual.

"Nii-san… Could you at least pretend to hear what I'm saying?"

"H-huh? Uh, yeah! Don't touch the pointy parts if you want to live, got it."

"Of course you do… Any questions, class?"

It was at this moment that the class suddenly got quiet, disturbed by a knocking and opening of their classroom door, something that very rarely happens. Aki took a deep breath as he stepped inside, his eyes glued to the ground as he stated his purpose.

"E-Excuse me… I'm Aki Oshiro, I'm supposed to transfer to this class. I- I have a note if you need it…" As Aki reached into his jacket pocket to grab the note, he took his first glance around the room, and recognized two very familiar faces.

" H-Hey... Is that you Rin? Yukio? Do you remember me? I know it's been a long time... but-" Aki stopped himself, embarrassed slightly in fear that he had made a mistake, or that this was in fact the same boys he was friends with in the past that could no longer remember him.

Rin was shocked, but that faded quickly as a large grin spread on his face, as he recognized the new student as his best friend from childhood he had met in the third grade, a friend who had to move away suddenly when Rin was 8, he very quickly hid his tail under his shirt.

"Aki? Like, bullied in third grade Aki? I think I beat up some kid for pushing you on the playground, right?" Rin asked with a grin, surprised and happy to see Aki again after so many years.

"Yeah, you did! I don't think he ever made eye contact with me again, probably thought he'd get another fist to the back of the head." Aki laughed before proceeding with what were some very hard words to say. Explaining his situation to others made everything feel more real to him somehow.
"Uh, I'm here because Grandpa passed away two weeks ago, and the only option I had besides going to a foster home or something was to move into a dorm. Mephisto-san told me that apparently, your dad made arrangements for me to attend True Cross if I ever wanted to, so after Granddad's funeral, that's what I decided to do..." Aki looked a bit sad to remember Shiro and talk about his recently deceased Grandfather, but was so glad to see Rin and Yukio again.

"T-Thanks. I'm sorry about your grandpa. Did you say Dad set you up here? Why?" Rin asked with confusion.

"This school is actually the reason I was moved away, Father Fujimoto wanted me to go into training to be an Exorcist, but when my Grandpa found out he was upset that I would be in danger… so he moved us away. I really didn't want to, and I've spent the last few years really missing this place..." Aki let out a sigh, and suddenly didn't feel like talking about this personal stuff anymore.

Yukio spoke up, saving Aki from having to share any more of what seemed a rather painful past, and finally regaining his teacher-like persona, decided to regain control of the class.

"Well, I'm glad to have you here and I look forward to talking more with you later, just find a seat anywhere, and I'll do my best to get you caught up over the next week or so."

"S-Sure, thanks…" Aki smiled and made his way over to an empty seat behind Rin and a blonde girl whose name he did not know. Shortly after he sat down, the blonde introduced herself in a whisper.

"Hi, my name is Shiemi. It's nice to meet a friend of Rin's." Rin blushed slightly at Shiemi talking about him as if he wasn't there, but hid the fact by facing forward to hear Yukio continue his lecture on plants not to be used in medicine.

"It's very nice to meet you too, Shiemi." Aki said blushing slightly, nervous to have everyone intrigued with his arrival. As attention gradually refocused onto Yukio's lesson, the young teacher spoke up.

"Well, we're almost out of time anyway, so why not get to know our new classmate? Aki, would you mind sharing what Meister you are training for?"

"U-Uh, yeah. I've begun training as a Dragoon and a Tamer. I was put into a short little boot camp-like thing to find out what kind of combat style I had, so I've had some slight target practice with these pistols they gave me. I've only summoned a demon once though... so I've been meaning to practice..." Aki motioned to the two pistols he wore in holsters at his sides, and also brought out one of his Magic Circle sheets, just to assure that he was in fact a Tamer.

"Excellent, that makes you a Tamer along with Kamiki-san, Moriyama-san, and Takara-kun, nice to know we don't have a shortage. With that, I will say class dismissed. See you all tomorrow for some basic combat training, we can take that opportunity to see just what you can do, Aki-kun."

With that, nameless faces began grabbing their bags before everyone walked over and introduced themselves to Aki, not wanting to seem rude on his first day here, Aki just smiled and did his best to store the names in his memory, he was much calmer about moving to this school now that he'd actually met his classmates. Shiemi, Izumo, Shima, Ryuji, Konekomaru, and Takara made their way out of the door, leaving Aki alone with the twins to catch up lost time.

"So, Aki, could you continue your story about why you had to leave?" Yukio asked, anxious to hear what this had to do with his late father.

"Ah, well you see… Remember those weird episodes I had when we were kids? How I sometimes knew we would have a quiz in school, or thought someone was going to get bullied that day?"

"Yeah, I always kind of thought you were just messing with me..." Rin answered, wondering where this was going.

"No, actually. I… I have this power, that let's me see things." Aki shuffled his feet nervously, not wanting to seem like a freak and have Yukio and Rin want to start avoiding him.

"Power?" Yukio asked, more interested than afraid.

"Yes. Father Fujimoto called it Clairvoyance, a rare gift from God to see glimpses into the future. I never saw it as a gift at all, but he said I could use it to help a lot of people as an Exorcist. I really wanted to, but my Grandpa said it was too dangerous and wouldn't let Father FUjimoto talk to me about it anymore. He moved us away to keep me out of the whole Exorcism business, but he couldn't hide the power that I had… I decided to follow Father Fujimoto's wishes after all, so I came here!"

Rin was a bit stunned, and felt a bit more comfortable that he wasn't the only one who had a secret… One he would have to share with Aki too, and that wasn't the most appealing idea to him at the moment.

"Anyway, I'm just really glad that you two haven't changed very much... I am a bit surprised that Yukio is a teacher, I mean... I always thought you would be, just not when you're still 15!" Aki laughed, getting to talk to Rin and Yukio like nothing had ever changed was really helping him forget about his nervousness about discussing his Clairvoyance, the laughter was soon returned by Rin and Yukio returned as the three made their way out into the hall.

"Hey, while I've got you both here… Can you tell me where to find this dorm?" Aki asked, handing a sheet of paper to Yukio with the dorm number on it.

"You're in the same dorm as us! You can just follow Nii-san and I, you appear to be on the floor above us."

"That's great! Gives us more time to catch up, huh?" Aki replied, before suddenly stopping and leaning against the wall. Aki's eyes, normally one a light blue, and the other a light green; now both had a faint white glow.

"A-Aki?! What is happening, are you all right?" Rin yelled as he shook Aki lightly in order to try and bring his focus back. As the glow passed, Aki regained control of himself before finally saying:

"We have to hurry! Suguro-kun might be in danger, and we have to get to his dorm, immediately." Aki was nearly out of breath, but managed to get his point across that he was deadly serious. Rin and Yukio exchanged a confused glance before they both decided to trust Aki on this one, as they ran out of the Cram School building and headed towards the True Cross Boy's Dorm, hoping it wasn't already too late.

End of Chapter 1

[ I hope you enjoyed the chapter! I feel like the story gets much better from Ch. 3 on-wards, so please give it a chance!]