Chapter One- Starting Today, You Are An Exorcist
"Welcome to True Cross Academy, Mr. Hotaru." Mephisto smiled.
My name is Hotaru Mizuko, and I am the newest student at the honorable True Cross Academy. For some reason, people keep mistaking me for a guy. However, the only reason I joined this school is because of my great grandfather, he believes I have great potential. . .
"This is your afternoon class, The Cram School." Mephisto said.
. . .to become an exorcist. Honestly, could this get any worst? Just because I carry a few guns around with me, I have to become an exorcist. Oh, by the way, my closest friend is my Wolf Spirit, Kohaku. Anyway, back to my first day in exorcist training.
"Everyone, this is Hotaru Mizuko. He. . .pardon me, She'll be joining our class starting today." Okumura sensei introduced.
"Hey Hotaru, are you sure you're a girl?" Suguro teased.
"Of course I do, and I can prove it too." Mizuko yelled.
"Oh really? Then, prove it." Shima said.
"Okay." she said.
Without hesitation, Mizuko unzipped her sweatshirt, took off her sweater, and lifted her t-shirt to the whole class. All the boys fell back, the girls turned away. Yukio covered his eyes as he pulled down her shirt. Mizuko smiled triumphantly as she put on her sweatshirt. Rin snapped out of it, he noticed something strange about Hotaru. It was a strange marking on her left bosom, but he tried to forget about it. While the male students sat their seats upright, Mizuko took a seat right next to Shima.
"Told you I'd prove it." she muttered.
"I've never meet a girl so confident in her own body." he blushed.
"Its not really confidence, its just I never turn down a challenge." she said.
'This girl may cause some problems around here, I'll have tp watch her.' Yukio said to himself.
"Did she really just show us her boobs?" Suguro blushed.
"Uh, yeah. I-I think so." Konekomaru shuddered.
"Wow, you've sure got some balls. You must do that a lot, I really thought you were a boy." Rin said.
"What?! I am not a boy, and I don't have balls." she growled.
"Relax, we don't want proof of that. I'm sure your first display was plenty." Yukio said, pushing up his glasses.
"Ms. Hotaru, I have a girl's uniform if you'd like it." Shiemi offered.
"I just might take you up on that, kid." she smiled back.
When she turned to meet Shiemi, she noticed something familiar about her. It was something from her past, but she wasn't sure what it was. She could tell that she looked a little strange staring at the girl like that, but then she realized that she knew what it was. She remembered her eyes, she had seen those bright green eyes before.
'Those eyes. . .the eyes of a feared survivor. They're. . .just like his eyes.' she said as she began to flashback about the Blue Night.
"Haah! It hurts. . ." she hissed, clutching her chest.
"Hotaru, what's the matter?" Yukio asked, reaching for her.
"Don't touch me!" she yelled.
Everyone hesitated to go near her, she was obviously in pain. However, she also seemed very stern about not needing assistance. Rin didn't care how serious she was, he got up and ripped her hand away from her chest. He put a hand to her chest, and noticed her heart was pounding. She was also sweating, and had fangs sprouting in place of her canines.
"Yukio, she's a. . ." he hinted.
"Quick, take her away. Make sure she sees Mephisto." he said.
As Rin tossed Hotaru over his shoulder, the other students began to murmur amongst themselves. Shiemi was feeling guilty, thinking she was the cause of Hotaru's pain. Meanwhile in the infirmary, Rin and Yukio sat with Hotaru while she was examined.
"How did you realize she was a demon?" Yukio asked.
"When she lifted her shirt, no regular human would do that. Plus, she had fangs growing in." Rin replied.
"Great, now I have two demons to babysit." Yukio sighed.
"Actually, you'd just be watching over an animal. I may take the form of a demon, but I'm not one." Hotaru said, pushing back her curtain.
"Why didn't you tell anyone?" Rin asked.
"Oh yeah, how foolish of me. What a great idea that would've been to walk up to some random student, bare them a mouthful of fangs, and say ' Hi, my name is Hotaru, shall we be friends?' They'd kill me before I'd even stepped in the building." she growled.
"Don't mind him, he's an idiot. You see, he's one of Satan's sons." Yukio explained.
"What?! You mean to tell me that your the spawn of Satan?" she asked.
"That's right, you must be honored to meet a guy as cool as me." Rin bragged.
Suddenly, Hotaru pulled out a gun, pointing the target at Rin's chest. Yukio tried to fight it out of her hand, but she simply pressed on his pressure points. As the young exorcist fell to the ground, Rin reached for his sword. Fortunately, Mephisto was just walking into the room.
"Ein. . zwei. . .drei!" he shouted, as his umbrella puffed out at Rin.
"Mephisto! What are you doing here?" Hotaru asked.
"Why the hell did you hit me, and not her?!" Rin yelled.
"Are you nuts?! You can't hit a pure breed, they'd kill you in an instant. Not to mention that her special power, or did she not tell you yet?" Mephisto said.
Ignoring what had just happened, Rin rushed to his younger brother's aid. He was lying on the ground paralyzed as if he was a statue. Then, he looked at Hotaru and growled.
"What did you do to my brother?" he growled.
"Relax, I just pressed on his pressure points. He's actually quite relaxed, and should be getting up right about. . ."she paused.
As Yukio arose, he held a pistol to her head. Hotaru looked at him with a cunning smiled before jabbing him in his gut. As Yukio gasped for air, Rin tackled Hotaru to the ground and growled. He unsheathed his sword, and held it towards her neck. As she gazed at the blazing blue flames, Hotaru's eyes glowed a crimson red. A strong wind came, knocking Rin from atop of her.
"What the hell are you?" he yelled.
"A demon's worst nightmare." she said in a deep octave.
With a twirl, a large gust of wind surrounded her. She was fitted with a thin black skirt and a collared shirt with a tie, her long was held back with a midnight black headband, and a golden shield fitted itself on her wrist. As the wind cloud dispersed,Rin felt a splash of water fall on his face. As he tasted it, he made a disgusted face. The water was salted. He realized that it was a tear.
"Do you have any idea what I've been through?" she yelled, aiming a machine gun at Rin.
"No I don't, why should I?!" he replied, dodging a barrage of bullets.
"I've lost everything because of you! My friends, my home. . .even my mother! Now I have nothing, but these useless powers and unpure blood inside me. All because of your damn dad!" she cried, beginning to blaze blue flames.
"Mr. Hotaru. . .please calm down!" Mephisto begged.
"Get out of my way, Pheles!" she growled.
"Why are you mad at Rin? Its Satan your after!" Yukio said, gasping for air.
"Honestly, are you mad because I've been able to adapt amongst humans?" Rin asked, swing his sword.
"Just you wait, Okumura. I'll have your head, and shove it. . . " she began.
Suddenly, Hotaru cringed in agony before screaming in pain. Rin looked at her chest, and noticed a large vein throbbing through her skin. Hotaru looked at Rin with glazed eyes before falling to her knees. Before collapsing on the ground, Rin picked her up and layed her on the bed.
'What the hell is she? She has just as much power as I do, but she's so angry.' Rin sighed.
"Well, that was quite eventful. I'm surprised she was able to use her full power, accounting on the fact that scar on her chest. Luckily, it stopped her just before she killed you. When she wakes up, she'll only remember up to the point when she was in class." Mephisto smiled.
"Great, so she won't remember me being Satan's son, right?" Rin asked.
"Oh no, that'll probably stay in her memory for a while." Mephisto smiled.
"That's fine, I'll take her on anyday. No matter what I'll work to earn her trust." he swore.
"You may have already earned it, Rin." Mephisto smiled.