Legionary Abyss
Chapter 1~
"Shit I'm late!"
The screeching of tennis shoes scrapped against the tile, as Rin managed to clear the corner and reach the door he needed. The teen quickly pulling out his keys and fumbling to find the one he needed as he mentally cursed himself for falling asleep in class again. Leave it to his regular classmates to let him sleep and not wake him up when the final bell rang. Yukio was so going to kill him. Of course just as that thought reached his mind the final bell for cram school rang through the halls of True Cross and Rin banged his head against the door. His tail falling limp behind him as he let out a curse and used the right key on the door. The teen forcing himself through the door and into the carpeted hall of Cram School. His tail still limp behind him as he stepped inside and closed the door behind him. A forlorn look on his face as he headed down the hall at his own pace and looked down at the carpeting. The teen trying to come up with an excuse to tell his brother for his late arrival again, as he reached the door and froze as he head a new voice behind it. A small frown appearing on his face as he stared at the closed door and tried to figure out who it was. His demonic hearing trying to pinpoint if one of his classmates we're sick again or if someone had intruded, as he grabbed the door handle and pulled the door open. Several heads instantly turning toward him as Yukio gave him a glare that could kill a Salamander on the spot, as Rin harshly swallowed and missed the teen standing beside his brother.
"Nii-san, how many times do I have to tell you to be on time to class?" Yukio scolded, as Ryuji gave him the usual glare and mumbled an insult at him. Izumo letting out a huff and looking back at her textbook while Shima snickered and Shiemi tried to calm Yukio down. "How many times are you going to be late, before you realize how important these classes are? You've only got till the next exorcist exam to learn all this material and you can't even make it to class."
"Well sorry I fell asleep in class." Rin mumbled, as the teen standing next to his brother moved and turned to look at him, the demon instantly freezing up and a growl leaving his throat. "What the hell are you doing here?!"
It was then the lavender eyes that fell on him turned dark, a growl leaving the male's throat as a pointed tail slinked out of his jacket and Yukio stepped between them.
"Nii-san, don't start anything. Shiratori just joined Cram School today." Yukio spoke in a commanding tone, as the teen behind his brother relaxed a little and let his tail duck back under his jacket.
"But, Yukio he-"
"I don't care what he did Nii-san. He's a student now, you're not to fight with him."
A growl left the teen's throat as he pushed past his brother and walked to his desk. The half-demon sitting down at his desk and slamming his backpack on the table, while scaring Shiemi in the process, before Yukio deemed it safe and gestured to the teen beside him.
"As I was saying, this is Reiji Shiratori and he'll be joining us in Cram School from now on." Yukio spoke as Rin glared at the boy.
Besides the standard school uniform, the teen didn't look any different than before. The same choppy mop of lavender hair sat on top of his head and framed his face, the same piercings over each eyebrow and under his lip, as he stood with his hands in the pockets of his uniform. A glare on his face as he ignored Rin's searing gaze and went along with the introduction.
"And so you idiots know I'm half-demon." Reiji spoke up, as Rin's glare deepened. "Won't touch you if you don't piss me off, but better you know."
It was then before anyone could speak that he walked to the very back of the classroom and sat in the far corner of the room. The chair scrapping against the tile and the teen sitting down, before he leaned back and put his feet up on the table. The messenger bag over his shoulder hitting the floor, before he pulled out a notebook and their textbook. Reiji looking at his brother, before Yukio quickly put himself together to start teaching the class. Rin frowning at the teen sitting in the back of the class, before Yukio scolded him and he turned to the chalkboard in an attempt to try and listen to his brother's long winded speech about some medical herbs. The scratching of his classmates taking notes filling the air, as Rin sighed to himself and pulled out his notebook from his bag. The teen rummaging around for a pencil with his brother's voice falling into the background as he pulled one out of his backpack and attempted to take notes.
Images from the monastery flashing through his head as he tightly gripped the pencil in his head and squeezed his eyes shut. The images reverting to back in the alleyway with Reiji and his buddies, as smirk on the teen's face as he purposefully taunted him. A wad of cash in his hand as a knowing smirk spread across his lips and fire filled his vision. Red flames turning to blue as Shiro came into the picture and everything started running at super sonic speed. The ghoul hounds after them, the roofs, the monastery, the sword being thrust into his arms and the darkness that followed. The cries of the men that had been protecting him all this time echoing in the dark as Rin found a way out and found Reiji standing above them, or should he say the possessed body of the teen standing over them. His skin a dark brown and huge ram horns on either side of his head as he smirked and Rin saw red. A book suddenly slamming down in front of him as Rin yelped and snapped back to reality, the teen losing balance in his chair as he fell back and hit his head on the desk behind him. Several gasps leaving his classmates as Yukio quickly dropped the book in his hand and kneeled beside him, a worried look on his face.
"I'm so sorry Nii-san. I thought you we're falling asleep again, I didn't mean for you to hurt yourself." Yukio quickly spoke as Rin let out a groan in pain.
"He's gunna need stitches." Came Reiji's voice from the back of the classroom as Rin rubbed the back of his head.
A wince leaving the teen as he pulled his hand back and found blood on his fingers. Yukio's eyes widening as he pushed Rin forward a bit and checked the back of his head.
"Reiji, get me the medical kit, Nii-san is gunna need some stitches." Yukio ordered, as Rin froze.
The sound of his classmate's footsteps echoing in his head, as he turned back to find Reiji in the back of the classroom and his eyes on his notebook. The teen writing as if nothing was wrong with the world, as he glanced up to look at Rin. The pencil still scratching against paper, as the teen looked away without a word and Bon came back with the first-aid kit. His brother instantly getting in the way of his gaze at the half-demon in the back of the room, as he was forced to deal with his brother stitching his head back up. All the while, trying to figure out what had just happened.
The sound of the last bell for Cram School rang through the room, as Rin's classmates got up with their bags and left one after the other. His brother ordering him to not get into anymore trouble as he grabbed their turned in homework and left to go attend a mission. The room falling silent with only the two half-demons in it, as Reiji finally closed the notebook lying against his legs and set the pencil on the desk.
"How did you do that?" Rin ordered, as Reiji frowned a little.
"Do what?"
"You know what!"
"Sorry Okumura, but I can't read your thoughts. Enlighten me would you?" The teen challenged as Rin bit back a growl and stayed in his seat.
"How did you know I'd need stitches?"
"You fell back pretty fast and the impact was bound to cause some damage." Reiji spoke with a shrug. "I know when someone needs stitches just by lookin at them. You looked like shit."
A frown appeared on Rin's face as he got up and walked toward the other. Reiji completely calm as he watched him walk over and stop in front of the desk, both of their tails free and swaying behind them.
"Then why are you so calm right now?" Rin asked, as Reiji watched him.
"Don't know what you mean."
"Last two times we met you blew up on me without me doing much." Rin spoke, as Reiji's eyes narrowed slightly. "We've been alone in the same room for three minutes and you haven't even moved."
"Maybe I'm just confident you're full of shit." Reiji spoke calmly, as Rin growled and lounged at him.
The teen in the chair instantly rolling out of the chair with a little difficulty due to his position in it and barely dodging Rin. The teen up on his feet just as Rin tried to swing at him and strike him across the face. The lavender haired teen quickly ducking and swinging his leg out to hit the half-demon in the knee and send him to the floor. A curse leaving Rin as he glared up at the teen slowly getting to his feet, his notebook still in his hand.
"Like I said, full of shit." Reiji spoke as he dusted off his pants and checked to see if his notebook was still intact.
"What is that for?" Rin asked, as he nodded to the notebook in the teen's hands.
"None of your business." Reiji spoke, as he walked past him and grabbed his things and stuffed them in his backpack. "Why don't you go study for your history test tomorrow? You'll fail if you fall asleep again."
And before Rin could even speak the teen was gone. His footsteps echoing from the hall, as Rin glared at the door and sat back with a huff. Something wasn't right.
"What do you mean you can't tell me?" Rin demanded as Yukio frowned at him and the half-demon set dinner down on the table.
"I mean the reason as to why Reiji is attending Cram School is private Nii-san." His brother spoke, as he served himself. "I can't just tell you why your classmates are deciding to be exorcists, and that includes Reiji. You may not like him but you have to find out like the rest of your classmates."
A frown appeared on Rin's face as he sat in the chair across from his brother and served himself.
"You heard him didn't you? He said I needed stitches before you even looked."
"He might just have a good medical sense Nii-san. You and me both know what part of town he spent time in." Yukio spoke as he started to eat.
"Yeah but aren't his parents rich or something?" Rin asked as his brother nodded. "Then he shouldn't know. He probably had personal doctors doing everything for him."
"Nii-san I think you're reading too far into this. Maybe you should just ask him."
"Don't you think I already tried that? He wouldn't tell me!"
"Then he probably has a good reason for that, Rin." A small huff left the half-demon as he frowned at the younger. "Just give him time, Nii-san. When he wants to tell us he will."
"Fine."
"A mission, already?" Bon spoke the moment Yukio finished explaining what they were going to be doing.
"Ever since the gate incident things have been hectic and students are having trouble coping." Yukio explained as everyone fell silent. "They've just now started seeing demons and it's becoming unsettling for them. Our job today is to show them simple ways to either repel or cope with the demons around them."
"Why don't we just throw Rin at them? There's a good way to cope." Bon muttered as Rin growled at him.
"Why don't we staple a tail to your ass and send you to help them cope?" Rin challenged as Yukio glared at his older brother.
"Nii-san that was called for." Yukio spoke strictly, as the teen mumbled an apology. "As I was saying, our job is to help them cope and show them that simple lower level demons won't harm them. To accomplish this I'm going to be pairing you up into teams of two and you'll go through the dorms and talk to the students. The teams are as followed: Ryuji and Shima, Miwa and Takahara, Shiemi and Izumo, and Rin and Reiji."
"What?! Why am I with Reiji?!" Rin growled, as Yukio frowned.
"I believe the two of you need to learn to get along. Now go help the students." Yukio spoke bluntly as he walked off to go talk to a teacher from their neighboring class who was giving their students the same instructions.
"Let's get this over with." Reiji spoke, as he walked past Rin and headed for the boy's dorms.
Rin muttering a curse as he followed at the half-demon and shoved his hands in his pockets. A frown on his face as he glared at the back of the teen's head and paused when the wind blew past them. Reiji's hair ruffling to the side to reveal the tip of what looked like a horn on the side of his head, before his hair fell back in place. Rin's eyes wide as they reached the dorm building and Reiji walked inside. The teen following after him as they stepped into what looked like a lounge area for the first floor and found the residents for that floor sitting inside. A group of three teens lighting up a bit as Reiji stepped inside the room and they greeted him and gave him a handshake. Rin watching them all the while as the three sat back down and a good handful of the students relaxed, seemed like they knew Reiji already.
"As some of you may know we're here from the year one Cram School class to teach you how to repeal and cope with low level demons." Reiji spoke up as he took control of the presentation. "Before we start I'd like you to know that myself and Okumura are half-demons."
In a rush a few students stiffened and quieted to a deathly state. Rin glaring at the teen next to him as he continued as if their reactions never affected him.
"Of course just because we're part demons doesn't mean we're going to harm you. In fact with this information I'd like to inform you that we personally know what it feels like to be afraid of the unknown." Reiji continued as those few students gave him a slightly confused look. "Most of you may feel afraid, and that's natural, but I'd like you to stop for a moment and think about how the two of us might have thought the moment we found out we were part demon.
As you may already know exorcists hunt and kill demons to protect the human population from harm, but just like you all demons live lives are well. Yes most demons are not part human like us, but there is a good percentage of a human-like demon population that is hunted. So just like you we had a moment where we realized that we may be hunted and killed for who we were forced to be and most low level demons that you may encounter may feel the same."
In the silence that followed Reiji reached out and gently pulled a coal tar out of the air by the tail. The little creature squeaking in surprise as it tried to wave its little paws and escape the teen's grasp. A panicked look on its face, before Reiji gently set it in his palm and rubbed between its little ears. The creature instantly calming down before it relaxed in his palm. Several students staring at him in surprise as a few leaned forward to watch the coal tar turn into a little kitten in Reiji's palm.
"A very common low level demon you'll encounter everyday is a Coal Tar. These little guys are completely harmless and they'll never attack you unless you provoke them or if there are enough of them around to cause damage. They posses fungus in the air and in dark damp places, which make them common." With a calm expression the teen walked to a slightly freaked out student and grabbed his hand, the half-demon setting the coal tar in his palm. The student freaked for a moment before he realized the coal tar wasn't going to hurt him and gently poked at it. "As I said Coal Tars are harmless, but too many in one area may be dangerous for breathing the air. A simple way to clear an area of them is to recite a simple mantra in a book we're going to be giving you once we're done with this little lecture. You'll only need to recite the mantra once and the Coal Tars won't attack you as you recite it."
Around that the students relaxed and quietly listened to his classmate, as Rin frowned slightly and watched Reiji calmly talk to them. The teen speaking simply and calmly, as Rin leaned against the door and listened as the teen moved to another lower level demon. Reiji summoning one with a simple summoning tag and showing them the demon and how to deal with it as Rin relaxed and gave a small smile.
"And that concludes the lecture." Reiji spoke, as Rin quickly shook his head to clear the slight drowsiness from his brain and noticed the handful of lower level demons relaxing with the students. The students calm around them and treating them with respect as Reiji stood a little straighter. "As I said we'll be giving you a book full of mantras in the case of an emergency, but I'd like to warn all of you. Lower level demons may be harmless at times, but they can become violent if provoked. If a lower level demon is provoked and you're in the area call the exorcist help line for the school and a higher year Cram School student will come to your aid."
"Why wouldn't one of you come?" A student asked, as Rin straightened up a little.
"That's because the school help line is designed to give upperclassmen in Cram School the experience to deal with demons for practice for their exorcist exam. We're still exorcists in training, so our job is to partake in simple missions and provide all of you with information on how to deal with demons."
A nod left the student, as Reiji nodded and pulled out the mantra books. The students getting up one by one to retrieve one as they set the summoned demons down and slowly left the room one by one. The group of three staying behind as Reiji ripped the summoning papers and the low level demons disappeared. The Coal Tar from before landing on the top of his head and relaxing there.
"Nice speech dude, didn't know you could talk for so long." One of the teens joked, as Reiji rolled his eyes.
"Shut up, will yah. It's not like I wanted to do this." Reiji frowned, as the second snickered.
"Oh yeah, I forgot the headmaster forced you to join the stupid Cram classes. That's got to be boring as hell." The second spoke, as the third grabbed a Coal Tar out of the air and played with it.
"It could be worse, he could be locked in his room passed out like a sissy." The first laughed as Reiji glared at him and wacked him with the mantra book in his hand. "The hell-?!"
"Shut the hell up and go back to your room, the lecture is over." Reiji spoke, as his friend frowned at him and left the room followed by the other two. "And don't get attached to that stupid thing."
The third let go of the Coal Tar as they left the room and disappeared. Rin watching as they headed to their room, and Rin turned to look at his classmate to found Reiji glaring at the wall. The Coal Tar on the top of his head asleep, as Reiji shoved the extra mantra book in his bag and turned to Rin.
"What?"
"What did he mean by being passed out in your room?" Rin asked, as Reiji glared at him.
"That's none of your business, Okumura. Go study or work on your essay." Reiji growled as he moved to pass Rin and the half-demon blocked the doorway. "Move Okumura."
"No, I'm tired of you not giving me answers and telling me to do homework for classes we're not even in together." Rin spoke up, as Reiji glared at him. "Now tell me how the hell you know I have an essay due tomorrow."
"That's none of your business."
"It is now that you've told me." Rin interjected as he moved a little to the side as Reiji tried to pass him, a serious look on his face. "Spill."
Silence fell over them as the Coal Tar gave Reiji a small glare from the top of his head for all the moving around, before it relaxed and fell asleep again.
"Grab your essay and meet me in the courtyard by the fountain. I'll explain then." Reiji spoke, before he pushed past Rin and headed down the hall.
"Got your essay?" Reiji asked as he walked toward Rin with his hands in his pockets.
In response Rin held up a bent up folder with papers sticking out of it. A pen behind the teen's ear and a frown on his face as he watched Reiji sit on the edge of the fountain with him.
"Spill." Rin demanded, as Reiji snatched the folder from him. "Oi!"
"You're gunna fail if you don't rewrite this." Reiji spoke, as Rin frowned at him. "The whole first paragraph is gunna be marked off for illegible writing and the third paragraph has a ton of grammar mistakes. You've spelled a ton of shit wrong too."
In an instant Rin stared at him in shock as Reiji looked up at him and handed the folder back. The half-demon quiet as he took the folder from him.
"H-how did you even know? You just glanced at it." Rin spoke, as he glanced down at his essay.
"I'm a half-demon."
"What does that have to do with this?" Rin frowned, as Reiji sighed and rubbed a hand over his face.
"It has everything to do with this Okumura." Reiji spoke, as he looked at him. "You must've listened to bits of lectures before you fell asleep in class. You of all people should know that demons and half-demons have abilities."
"Well yeah. That's why I have my flames." Rin spoke as he tilted his head a little. "I'm still not getting what you're trying to tell me."
"I can see the future you twit." Reiji ground out, as Rin's eyes widened. "That joke back at the dorms from that idiot was a side effect of my powers. My future seeing ability is too powerful for me to control and because of that I had periods of time that my visions took over and I passed out for hours on end. It got to the point I was out for two days and the headmaster stepped in. He gave me some medication and told me that only way he'd keep supplying me with them was if I went to Cram School and trained to control my powers. That's why I'm stuck with you guys."
"Then what about that notebook?"
"When I have a vision I write it down so I have a record. Guess you could call me a scribe if you wanna get biblical about it." Reiji frowned, as he turned his head and looked down at the grass. "Sometimes after I have a vision I get this itching feeling to write everything down word for word. It keeps getting worse till I write it down. Sometimes I can avoid it if it's quick enough and the event happens a minute or two after, but it's annoying as hell."
"So back in the classroom, you saw all that?"
"Yeah."
"Is that what you we're writing down?" A nod. "That's so cool!"
"Cool?" Reiji spoke in disgust as Rin flinched. "Cool? Are you fucking with me Okumura? These powers have ruined my life. How are they cool?"
"I meant it's cool you can see the future. It gives you a chance to change bad outcomes." Rin spoke carefully, as Reiji glared at him. "I said something stupid, didn't I?"
"Yeah, you did." Reiji spoke bluntly, as he stood up and shoved his hands in his pockets with his back to him. "Ever since I was possessed my life has been similar to yours Okumura. Nothing but hell. You have no idea what has happened since that demon was ripped out of me and I turned into this."
In the silence after the wind blew past and the teen's hair parted just right. The tips of the half-demon's horns coming into view, as he glanced back at him and Rin's breath hitched at the black pupil in the center of the teen's lavender eyes.
"If it wasn't for Mephisto I wouldn't be here."
Without a word Reiji turned and walked away. His tail slinking back under his jacket and his hair falling back over his horns as Rin stared after him. The teen harshly swallowing as he glanced down at the folder in his lap and gripped the fabric of his pants. He had to do something.
Scarlett: *waves to the camera* Hey my cute little fans! Before you freak out, this fic is already finished and won't eat up my time that i use to work on my there fics. I just didn't want to do my summer sociology paper that badly like over a week ago and procrastinated with this fic, lol.
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