I stood out side the doors of Mephisto's office with my hood pulled low over my eyes, listening to the whispers of students that passed by. Being that I was surrounded by my escorting guards, I wasn't able to catch a glimpse of anyone who was murmuring.
"Aren't those guards from the Divine Order?"
"I think so, did you see their badges?"
"I wonder who they are escorting."
Everyone who passed by the guards had something to say. I looked down at my watch and let out a sigh. Then a door opened up behind me.
"Megami-san, I apologize for the wait. Please come in." Mephesto's voice purred.
"Megami? Is someone from the Divine Order going to be attending our school?" At that very moment it seemed that every student in the hallway came to a halt.
"We wouldn't want to be late to class, now would we?" Mephisto said, urging curios students along. He closed the door behind him and strolled over to his chair behind his desk. "Please, sit." He motioned. I unclasped my black cloak and one of my guards pulled it away from my shoulders. "My, my. This is an unexpected surprise." Mephisto's lips curled up into a smile. "What do I owe the honor of this visit? I am humbled that the daughter of the goddess Athena herself, is sitting here in my office. When I was told that a Megami was coming today, I must say, I never expected it to be you, Yui-sama."
"I've come to negotiate an enrollment." I told him as I pulled my long, sunset colored locks into a ponytail.
"Enrollment? Dear child, you've peaked my interests." He said pulling a file out of his desk drawer, undoubtedly the enrollment forms. "Just who are we negotiating an enrollment for?"
I fixed my golden eyes on him as he began filling out the papers. "Myself." I saw him freeze and lift his attention from the papers as he sent his pen down.
"Hmm, the goddess of war's daughter, attending True Cross Academy. And how would having said angel attending this school benefit me?" He asked resting his chin on his hands.
"For one, this is the first time to have someone from the Divine Order make such a request. Given my status, it should be quite clear how many benefits you gain just from that alone. But, I don't want to attenend the highschool. I want to attend the cram school." I told him.
"I see." Mephisto smiled again. "I can allow that. Why an angel would want to be an exorcist is beyond me. But, if you want to attend the cram school I'm afraid you will have to attend the highschool as well."
"Fine, on one condition though." I shoot back. "I refuse to wear the uniform."
"It's school policy, if I let you get away with it then I will have to allow other students to."
"I understand, then I will wear the male students' uniform." I proposed. Mephisto's composure fell for an instant before recovering. "I will also be keeping my Divine Blade with me at all times."
"As you wish." He said, snapping his fingers. On the desk infront of me appeared a males uniform. "I will need you to sign here, here and here." He said montioning to multiple spots on the form. As soon as I finished my signature on the last page, the form disappeared. "You better hurry, class begins in six minutes. Here is your key to the cram school. And here is the key to your dorm room. If you need help with anything feel free to ask Okumura Yukio. At the snap of his fingers I was dressed in the male uniform with an untied neck tie hanging from my shoulders, standing outside what I assumed was the door to the cram school. I opened the door with the key he had given me and stuck it back into my pocket where I found a small piece of paper. I pulled it out and unfolded it.
"Room 302, Dorm building C room 810." I followed the hallway down till I found room 302 then pulled on the handle. Inside sat a total of seven students. Each had their eyes glued to me.
"Is she wearing a male uniform? How lame." A girl with dark hair commented with a giggle. I ignored her and continued right to the a desk near the back. I took a seat on top of it and pulled the neck tie from around my shoulders then undid the top two buttons of the white shirt. It was then a guy with pinkish colored hair approached me.
"I'm Shima, it's nice to meet you." He smiled with a faint blush on his cheeks. I heard a snicker and turned my attention to the dark haired girl glaring at me from her seat now. "Do you need help tying that?" He asked pointing down to my hand. I pulled my eyes from the girl and looked back at him then down to the tie woven through my fingers.
"My name is Yui, please take good care of me." I smiled handing him my tie. I could almost hear the girl growling at me as the boy flipped up my collar and pulled the tie around my neck.
"Are you new?" A new guy asked sitting down on the bench infront of me. His hair was as black as the deepest depths of the sea, his eyes as clear blue as it's waters.
"Yes, I just started..." I paused looking down at my watch, "seven minutes ago." I confirmed.
"Cool, I'm Rin. That's Shiemi." He said pointing to himself then a blonde haired girl. The girl shyly smiled and waved. I smiled and waved back.
"I'm Yui." I told him with the same smile I gave the girl.
"And...you're done." Shima said fishing the tie.
"Thank you Shima-kun."
"And...That one over there shooting lazers out of her eyes at you is Izumo." Rin said. He leaned in close and beckoned me closer. I leaned in wondering what he had to say. "She has a thing for Shima." He whispered then leaned back.
"Ohh." I nodded.
"Okai, eveyone to your seats please. Sorry I'm late." A man in a long black coat said.
"Sensei, we have a new student today." Shima called out to the guy who stood at the front of the class yet looked about our age. He looked in my direction and pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose.
"I see, please come to the front and introduce yourself." He said.
I slid from the desk top and made my way back to the front of the class then turned to face the class. "Hello, my name is Megami Yui. I like sweets and looking at the stars. Please take care of me this year." I finished with a bow. When I stood back up everyone was looking at me dumbfounded.
"Did you just say your name was Megami?" A boy with a blonde streak in his hair asked. I nodded. Even the teacher was looking at me now. "As in the Megami Goddesses?"
"Yes." I replied as the room fell to silence again.
"Aren't they just stories?" A small bald kid asked.
"Isn't that what most people think about demons?" I asked. "I'm from the Megami clan of the Divine order. The Goddesses are real." I concluded as I headed back to my seat. "Honestly, If Satan and demons are real then why wouldn't Goddesses and angels be." I murmured.
"Ahem, well, I'm your teacher Okumura Yukio. If you need anything, please feel free to ask."
"Thank you." I said as I took my seat.
Class ended and the students began picking up their belongings. The teacher stood up and was heading to the door when I called up to him.
"Okumura-kun?" Both Yukio and Rin turned to look at me.
"Hai?" They said in unison. I walked up between them and showed them the piece of paper.
"I forgot to tell you, Yukio is my younger twin brother." Rin said. I nodded looking from one to the other.
"We're not identicle." Yukio added.
"I see. Okai, well, Yukio Sensei, Rin Senpai. Could you help me find my dorm room?" I asked handing them the paper as I pulled cloth sword sheath over my head.
"Whoa." Rin said. Yukio just cleared his throat.
"Ni-san." Yukio quietly said.
"What's wrong Rin?" Shima ask peering over Rin's shoulder at the piece of paper. "No way!"
"Is there a problem?" I asked.
"This is the same dorm as Yukio and I." Rin said with a smile.
"You have all the luck." Shima said in a sad tone.
"Oh good, then you can walk me to my dorm." I said looking to Rin.
"Ah, yes, Rin show her to her dorm. I need to go talk to some one about something." Yukio said before dashing out the door.
"You'd think he'd be a little more happy about having a girl in the dorm." I said still looking out the door.
We walked to the dorm in a group. Shima and Rin stuck to each side of me, while Shiemi walked on the other side of Rin and Suguro followed behind us with Konekomaru. The girl called Izumo stormed off as soon as we left the class and the odd one with the puppet just sat there.
"This is it." Rin said looking up at the building.
"Shabby looking isn't it?" I asked, Rin nodded. "Home sweet home." I smiled.
"Why don't you all come in, I'll whip us up something to eat. We can have a little welcoming party for Yui-chan." Rin said opening the door.
"Mephisto, what is the meaning of this?" Yukio asked placing Yui's piece of paper on the man's desk.
"Well the girl needed somewhere to stay." Mephisto said, playing innocent. "I couldn't just tell her to sleep in the street."
"Yes, the Girl." Yukio said emphasizing the word 'girl' heavily.
"She's an angel, what's the problem?" The man asked with a grin.
"I fail to see how her appearance has anything to do with this."
"I wasn't referring to her appearance, Yukio-kun." Mephesto said looking up at him from his seat. "You and Rin-kun are the son's of Satan. He got the flames, you didn't. He is a demon. Yui-chan, is the daughter of a goddess. Athena to be exact. She is an angel. Are you able to put the pieces together now? If anything should happen and your brother were to be sentenced to execution for losing control over his emotions again, who would be the one person that could save him with out question?"
"Yui." Yukio said as realization hit.
"I can only sweet talk the judges so many times before they get sick of me. But Yui on the other hand, they can't go against her. She is an actual divine being that they will actually listen to. They won't even think about going against her, her mother is the goddess of war. The last ting would want is war. The perfection of this situation is delicious. If there were a spot for her on the charts, she'd be above Paladin. There is only one person above a divine child." Mephisto purred.
"A divine parent." Yukio said again.
"That's right Yukio-kun. Now that you see things from this perspective, please try to deal with having a lady in you boys' dorm."
"Hai." Yukio said, feeling defeated.
"Wow, this is really good Okumura-Senpai." I said taking another bite of noodles.
"Really?" He asked placing another plate of food on to the table.
"Have you not tasted it yet? I thought the cook always taste tests." I said watching him take a seat next to me. "Here, say ah." I told him as I held a bite of noodle out to him. He looked at me with wide eyes and the faintest touch of pink graced his cheeks.
"A- ah." He said opening his mouth, taking the noodles from my chopsticks. His cheeks turned even more red as he chewed his food.
"Yui-chan." Shiemi said, pulling my attention across the table to her.
"Huh?" I asked, seeing Shiemi slightly red now.
"I-Indirect kiss." She stuttered.
"Huh?" I asked even more confused.
"Your lips touched those chopsticks." Shima explained.
"Yeah." I nodded.
"Then Rin-kun's lips touched them. It's like you kissed him." Shima finished. I looked over at Rin and turned several shades of red.
"Was it bad?" I asked trying to cover my embarrassment.
"Was what bad?" Rin asked, clearly confused.
"My indirect kiss. Am I a bad indirect kisser?" I joked. Rin blushed not knowing how to answer my question, then the table busted into a fit of laughter.
"I don't think I've ever seen him turn that color." We all turned to see Yukio taking a spot at the table. His comment made everyone laugh more.
"I'm always this color!" Rin tried. "It's really hot in here and theres no air conditioning, so of course my face is red from the heat." I looked over at him defending himself and giggled. I don't know why but I always found the semi-shy, goofy guys cute. I watched him continue to argue with his brother and friends when I noticed his hand resting on the bench next to me. I looked around and set my hand next to his. His hands looked big compared to mine. His long fingers. I bet his hand could envelope my entire fist.
"Yui-chan, would you like more tea?" Shiemi asked. My head snapped up to look at her. I'm caught, I just know it.
"Yes please." I nodded. As I watched the steaming liquid fill my cup I felt something warm across my pinky finger. I quickly looked down to see Rin's pinky over lapping mine as he continued to agrue with his brother. He caught me. He is more perceptive than I thought. I guess its that smile that throws you off.
"I'm glad everyone is enjoying theirselves, but we have a mission to go on bright and early tomorrow. I want every one to head back to their dorms now and pack enough clothing for at least a week. We'll be getting on a train to Tokyo at six o'clock in the morning, so I would like it if everyone would stay here tonight. Then we can all leave together in the morning. Shiemi, please contact Izumo." He finished as there were filing out the door.
"Hai." She said with a bob of her head.
"Will I be accompanying?" I asked raising my hand.
"Yes, infact, Mephisto asked me to give you this." Yukio handed me a small white envelope. I tore it open and pulled out a black credit card. "From what I heard it will be a while before your belongings arrive, Mephisto said to buy what ever your heart desires."
"Ahh, Mephisto Oni-chan." I laughed.
"Oni-chan?" Yukio asked.
"Ah no, I was just saying he was acting like an Oni-chan. So worried about my personal belongings that he gave me his personal credit card."
"How do you know its his personal one?" Rin asked turning to look at me.
"Look at it, it not only has his name on it but its got the little girl from that anime on it." I explained turning to show him the girl holding up a peace sign printed on it. "If it was one issued by True Cross, it'd have the True Cross crest on it."
"Ohh, I see. How long have you known Mephisto?" Yukio asked picking up the plates that others left behind.
"A life and a day." I said. "Or atleast thats what it seems like. He frequently visited the Divine Order clans." I said stacking more plates up and carrying them to the kitchen. I ruffled the kitchen familiar Ukobach's hair as he did the dishes leaned against the counter.
"Why do you wear a male school uniform?" Rin asked.
"I didn't like the color of the female's uniform, and Mephisto insisted that I had to wear a uniform. So I told him I'd wear a male's uniform." Rin nodded listening to me talk.
"You don't mind sharing a dorm with two boys?" Yukio asked as he wiped the table.
"No, it's not like we're sharing the same bedroom and bathroom. My room is a few doors down. I find it more convienent then the regular students dorm. If something happens we can help each other instead of making up a weird excuse."
"That's not exactly what he meant Yui-chan." Rin said scratching the back of his head.
"Then what did he mean, Rin Senpai?" I asked leaning in closer to him.
"Well, uh, we're guys..." He said looking around the room. "And uh, we have hormones..." He struggled for the right words to say. I stopped him and walked my fingers up his chest and grabbed his tie. I looked up at him as I twisted it around my fingers, leaning dangerously close to him. I could feel his hot breath on my lips.
"I can handle myself Senpai." I whisper then release his tie and walk away from him, heading up the stairs to the bathroom.
Yukio laughs looking at how Rin almost turned into a pile of red silly putty in Yui's hands. "Shut up Yukio."
"I didn't say anything...Senpai." Yukio laughed again as he mocked his older brother. The rest of the class filed through the door with their luggage packed and ready to go for in the morning.
"Shiemi-chan? Is that you?" I ask walking out of my room wrapped in a towel.
"Hai." She calls back, reaching the top of the stairs.
"I was just getting ready to head to the bath, care to join me?" I offer holding up my basket full of bath accessories as Shima, Rin and Suguro come up behind her.
"Hai." She said finally turning to look at me. "Y-Yui-chan!" She quickly turns around and covers Shima and Rin's eyes. "Suguro-kun, p-please turn around until I say it's clear."
"What? What's going on?" Shima asks trying to pry her hand off.
"N-nothing." Shiemi stammers. Suguro laughs as he turns around and crosses his arms.
"You really missed out this time Shima." Suguro tells him.
"Missed out on what?" He finally gets Shiemi's hand away from his eyes just as I enter the girl's bath.
"I'll be in there in a minute Yui-chan." Shiemi calls to me.
I hang my towel on a hook and climb into the hot spring themed bath, letting steam open up my pores. Shiemi walks in a few minutes later still in her school uniform, carrying her own bath basket.
"Shiemi, do you like any of the boys in the group?" I ask as she climbs into the spring.
"Of course, I like them all. I have no reason not to." She says with a smile.
"Not that kind of like. Like...Like like. Like Love." I say looking up at the cieling.
"Eh? L-love?"
"Yeah, do any of them make your heart go 'ba-dump'?" I ask looking at her now. Her face was red as could be. "Let me guess. Yukio-Sensei." As soon as the words leave my mouth her head snaps up. "Bingo, I guessed it right?" Shiemi nodded as Izumo entered the bathroom. "Have you told him?"
"N-no!" Shiemi says nervously.
"Why not? You're nice, you're pretty, and you have a cute smile."
"I just can't." She admits.
"What about you Izumo-chan?"
"And just why would you think I'd share that information with you?"
"I heard you have a thing for Shima-kun." I say lifting my leg out of the water and looking a my toes.
"W-what?! T-that's absurd." She says as her face turns red.
"Aparently not." I say with a giggle then look to Shiemi who is also giggling.
"Do you like anyone in the group Yui-chan?" Shiemi asks. I think back to Rin's pinky over lapping mine as we sat next to each other during dinner.
"There is one person I find interesting, but I can't really say I know anyone well enough to say that I like them." I tell her.
"Oh." She says nodding as she listens.
"Well, I'm going to head off to bed. Early start and I'm not a morning person. Good night." I tell them as I climb out of the bath.
"Ah Yui-chan!" Shiemi calls after me. "For now on, you should wear your clothes to the bathroom and change in and out of them here."
"Hai hai." I call back to her as I wrap my towel tightly around myself.
So I realized my page breaks got all jumbled up. Luckily, I caught it. =.= And now fixed it.