I don't own Demon King Daimao so don't sue me!

Red Moon Rising

It was the first day of the new semester and everyone was feeling a bit down in the dumps. Another long period of schooling and learning with the first of the few breaks they had so far off. "Okay class we have two new exchange students who will be joining us for this semester! So please all of you give them a warm welcome when they arrive, which should be any moment now." Ms. Tori announced with a clap of her hands just as there was a meek knock at the door, followed by the excited and suspicious whispers of the students.

"Geez, how can these guys already judge people who haven't even walked in the door?" Hattori thought quietly to herself. Ms. Tori opened the door for the new students and in walked a young woman and man. They appeared to be related, maybe even twins. The girl was about five feet four inches tall and roughly one hundred and ten pounds. She had silky black hair that went to the small of her back and shining gray eyes full of light. The guy had a messy head of black hair and gray eyes like the girl, except his seem more cold and distant. He appeared to be about five foot seven inches tall and was probably about one hundred and thirty pounds. Everyone got a lot of weird vibes from him though.

"Would you two care to introduce yourselves to the class?" Ms. Tori asked and the girl shyly walked into the center of the room, much to the approval of the guys. A beautiful, exotic girl in their homeroom. They were practically drooling all over her, but what they didn't notice was that the new guy was glaring at each and everyone of them.

"Umm hi everyone. I'm Akemi Nagamoto and this is my twin brother Shinku." Shinku casually threw up his hand in a wave.

"Thank you for that wonderful and prompt introduction. Now let's see if we can find you two some seats. Hmm...Akemi you can take the empty seat next to Hattori, and..." Ms. Tori trailed off, looking for a seat. "Well looks like I need to get another desk in here by tomorrow." Ms. Tori said with a sigh. "But for now you'll have to take Akuto's seat in the back." She pointed to the lone seat in the back to which Shinku simply nodded. "Speaking of Akuto, where is he? Along with korone and Keena as well?"

"Akuto did tell me yesterday that he wasn't feeling very well, so he's probably in his dorm. Keena's rarely in class, and as to korone..." Hattori explained with a shrug. Ms. Tori dismissed the matter with a wave of her hand as Akuto walked in with a late pass.

"I hope you will excuse my tardiness, but someone thought it would be funny to keep me up all night." Akuto explained with a sigh, wondering why Korone always chose to mess with him at the strangest of times. He went to sit down and found his seat taken. "You must be the new kid, well you are kind of in my seat so..." Akuto trailed off, not sure if he should elaborate more or not.

"Well if you want me to get up, just say so." Shinku said and propped his feet on the desk. Akuto looked a little irritated.

"Okay, get up." Akuto was trying really hard right now to not let this guy get to him.

"That doesn't sound like please to me." Shinku said, cupping his hand to his ear.

"Get up, please." Akuto said through gritted teeth, this newbie was getting on his nerves.

"No, I rather like it back here. You can just sit on the floor or something." Shinku put his hands behind his head and leaned back as far as the chair would allow. Akuto looked around for support from anybody and received the cold shoulder, Hattori simply shrugged unsure of how to help him.

"I'll give you ten seconds to get up, otherwise things will go very poorly for you." Akuto started counting while Shinku seemed unimpressed. Akuto grabbed him out of the chair and tossed him at the back wall. There was a collective gasp of shock from the crowd, normally Akuto resorted to violence only as a last resort. Shinku got up and dusted himself off, but he didn't seem angry or embarrassed. He simply shrugged and sat down on the floor.

Akemi and Shinku soon found themselves at lunch. "So where should we sit?" Akemi asked, looking around nervously. Shinku steered here through the crowds until they found an empty table near the back of the cafeteria. Shinku also refused to let any guy sit next to Akemi, she hadn't yet taken notice of her growing popularity but he felt like he needed to protect his little sister. Even if he was just a few seconds older than her. Hattori approached them.

"You guys wanna come sit with me and my friends?" Hattori asked. Shinku shrugged and Akemi nodded eagerly.

"Yeah, we'd like that." Akemi said, beaming at her. Akemi and Hattori had gotten to talk a little in homeroom this morning and really hit it off. "But are you sure you want to hang out with us new kids?"

"Why wouldn't I, because you're new? That doesn't matter to me." Hattori said with a smile.

"Finally somebody who speaks a little sense around here. I'm Shinku Nagamoto, but you can call me Shinku." He extended his hand to her, his eyes lighting up. She was a little surprised, which caught her off guard. But she shook his hand nonetheless. "You have no idea how nice it is to finally meet someone who judges us based on who we are, not what we look like. It's like a breath of fresh air." Hattori had a confused smile on her face as she led them over to where she usually sat. Of course Akuto was sitting there and Shinku blinked. "Oh great, this guy." Shinku muttered under his breath.

"Oh don't mind him. We're so used to being judged and keeping to ourselves that I think he might have forgotten how to speak like a normal person." Akemi said with a giggle, causing Hattori to laugh. Shinku threw up his hands apologetically as the three of them sat down.

"You know what, you guys should come hang out with us sometime. You can even stop by tomorrow if you are not feeling too drained after your big first day." Hattori offered.

"What like a party Hattori? Where are we going to throw a party?" Akuto asked. Hattori whispered something in his ear and realization dawned in his eyes.

"Yeah that sounds great! We'll be there tomorrow." Akemi said, radiating with happiness. "This first day of school is going so great!" She thought to herself.

"Sure, it'll be nice to meet some new people." Shinku said, though he clearly wasn't to keen on hanging out with Akuto.

"Oh I'm sure everyone would love to meet you!" The words shot out of Hattori's mouth at mach speed and the two barely understood her.

"Sounds great!" Akemi said while Shinku glared at Akuto who pretended not to notice.

"Great, I'll see you guys later!" Hattori left them just a few minutes before lunch ended.

School was finally out and the sun was quickly descending below the horizon. Akemi was heading to the girl's dorm alone. "Today couldn't have gone any better." She said to herself in a sing song voice.

"Not so fast there. Today could get a lot better for a lot of people. All we need is a little help from you." A bunch of shady looking characters had surrounded her. Akemi looked terrified, she had never been exposed to a situation like this. They were just about to make their move when one of them cried out in pain as a sickening crunch was heard. Three more of them dropped to the ground under similar circumstances.

"But the Demon King was supposed to be out sick today!" The last thug standing was looking around as though his life was on the line. He quickly fell to the ground, his legs cracking and blood flying. Akemi looked to her savior. His eyes were a deep amethyst color and he had tousled brown hair. He walked over to her and offered a hand.

"Are you alright? I'm Akuto Sai, but you can call me Akuto" He said with a smile on his face. She was just about to take his hand and pull herself up when she heard her brother's voice.

"Get away from my sister!" Shinku's punch was stopped when Akuto grabbed his fist.

"Whoa, just calm down. I was just" He was cut off when Shinku punched his stomach.

"I don't want to hurt you, I don't even know you. I was just trying to" Shinku unleashed a frenzy of attacks. He was seeing everything through a red haze. Akuto skillfully dodged just about every one of them and then he reached his limit. "Who does this guy think he is?" Akuto thought as he punched him right under his ribs, winding Shinku. "Sorry about that, but you refused to listen to me. I had to do something." Akemi ran to her brother.

"Why don't you ever follow your own advice, he was helping me!" Akemi slapped him right before she hugged him, "But I know you were just doing what you thought was right."She then turned to look at her savior Akuto. She absentmindedly pushed her index fingers together and shuffled her feet. "Thanks for uh...saving me." Shinku seemed to have recovered but held his chest with one hand, and offered the other to Akuto.

"Sorry about that, it just looked kind of strange. A bunch of injured guys, my sister, and you walking toward her. I felt like I needed to step in. Hope you can forgive me, I'm Shinku Nagamoto, and that's my sister Akemi." Akuto gladly shook his hand.

"No it was a perfectly normal response, I get it. I'm Akuto Sai, nice to finally meet you two. Sorry about earlier again, goodnight." The sun had finally set, marking the end of their first day, but the beginning of many more to come. Akemi was passed out on her bed, drained after this crazy day. Shinku was wide awake, lost in his thoughts while he stared at the ceiling.

"Well I hope you weren't expecting a welcome party, because there is no one here." Akuto told the others before ushering them inside his room. It was strange because he remembered Hattori saying she was going to get everyone and surprise Akemi and Shinku. "Hmm, I bet that they are there. Yeah that's got to be where they went, come on follow me." He opened his desk drawer and there was a magic sign in there. He jumped and went right through it with no hesitation. Akemi looked at Shinku with a little apprehension. Shinku merely shrugged before jumping in himself, he had an inkling of where they might end up. Akemi took a deep breath and took a moment to collect herself, before following the others. Akemi ended up landing right on top of Shinku who was standing there, taking in all the scenery. It was a fortress, underground. He remembered almost immediately.

"The Demon King's estate, right?" He asked Akuto.

"Yes this would be it, although it's not as lively as it used to be." He sighed sadly, remembering his fallen friend and the only gift he had ever given them. "Come on!" He went off into the castle, practically abandoning the twins who were still a little in awe of their current surroundings.

"You know what this means Akemi? We're talking to the Demon King right now, and you were saved by the Demon King." Shinku finally got up and assisted his sister.

"Well then everybody needs to stop making him look so bad. He doesn't seem like such a mean guy, after all you picked a fight with him and he let you live." Shinku nodded in agreement.

"Yeah everybody really blew this whole Demon King nonsense way out of proportion. But enough of that, we better hurry or we'll get left behind. The inside was very labyrinthian and confusing. "Great, just great. We somehow managed to get lost."

"It's not all bad, I mean what if they were planning to surprise us?" Akemi said, a smile slowly creeping up on her face. Shinku was just about to comment how stupid that sounded when they walked into a big, open room that was utterly dark. Akemi and Shinku looked around, trying to pierce the darkness when, "SURPRISE! WELCOME TO THE ACADEMY!" Akuto, Hattori, and a bunch of other people were there that they didn't even recognize.

"I get the feeling this is a strange place isn't it?" Shinku asked his sister. She shrugged and went to join the party. "Might as well have some fun though." Shinku could just tell it was going to be one crazy semester.

Please R&R