Marriage Allegation
By the Fujoshi a.k.a Otaku no baka
I forgot to mention that this takes place after the anime but it shares similar events from the manga, so Shiemi is going to the same school as Rin and the others. Also headcanon is that Amaimon can't be beaten that easily like he did in the anime, (the manga shows this in spades,) which will be mentioned later on in the story.
Oh yeah if you know a way I can make better line breaks let me know. For some reason the Doc Manager keeps derping on me and doesn't let me do the custom made ones.
Random A/N: Monjayaki is similar to okonomiyaki but its a specialty of the Kanto region of Japan. The dough is far runnier and its texture is similar to melted cheese. It was mentioned in the AOE anime.
Purple Lilacs mean first emotions of love, Blackthorns mean Difficulty, and Rose, dog means Pleasure and pain.
I still don't own Ao no Exorcist! Or else Rin and Yukio would switch names.
Amaimon was a smart demon but Mephisto knew that his younger brother had no clue when it came to human girls.
The two were in Mephisto's large house, sitting on pink bean bag chairs in the dining room. It was night-time and the two were eating Monjayaki together.
"My dear otouto," The pink clad demon was the first to talk between bites of his gratin monja. "I will now emphasize and bring about clarification on the advice I gave to you earlier."
The Earth King listened as he continued to eat his own meaty monja. He didn't have his shoes on nor his jacket, stocking clad toes wiggling in anticipation.
Mephisto waved his index finger and a white board came down in between them. "The first step I told you was getting to know the woman you desire." A cute black chibi drawing of Shiemi appeared. "She's a tamer type, and enjoys plants as well as earth like items."
Amaimon nodded; it wouldn't be hard to bring up a conversation with his woman then.
"Do not bring her weeds or anything degrading. Flowers would do nicely but it would be wiser to find out her other likes and dislikes first. She might not positively react to brutally violated uprooted plants."
Amaimon only raised an eyebrow instead of commenting; he had learned in the past not to interrupt his brother.
"Next step is to take her out on dates, or gatherings that only the two of you can socialize in. It is a good idea to try to focus on making sure the two of you are alone with each other; no third parties." A picture of Rin with an angry face, Yukio with a smiling face, and some of the other boys and girls of the class appeared. "Listen to everything that she says and pay attention to details. Pick up any subterfuge behind her words, although Moriyama-chan is a good girl."
Mephisto took a break to put in a mouthful of Monja with a spatula and pointed towards Rin with his index finger. "This is your one-sided rival. Moriyama-chan is oblivious to his feelings for her so you have an advantage; She considers him a friend at the most." He them pointed towards Yukio. "This is your other rival. Moriyama-chan likes this half brother of ours, but he is also oblivious to her feelings and has no idea regarding them."
"Ah!" The Honorable Knight's green eyes lit up. "If you can somehow manage to get on this girl's side," the demon pointed towards Izumo. "...Then you can be closer in her good graces. It would be difficult to get everyone on your side because of Rin but this girl in particular is one Moriyama-chan favors the most."
"I see." Amaimon bit his fingernail. He didn't think he would have a problem doing most of what his Aniue mentioned. He wanted to ask why his brother of all people was helping him but he kept his mouth shut. Sometimes its best to not inquire about what Mephisto planned.
Instead the two demon lords continued to eat, saying stuff in between. Then, Mephisto lead the younger brother demon into his bedroom and started up a game of Mario Party 8.
"Aniue, you know I'm horrible at these games!" The Earth King tried to protest, but his brother was persistent.
"Bah! At least play one game." Mephisto threw the demon a green Wii controller while he settled on the carpet with his own pink one, already concentrating.
Amaimon only sighed and tried his best, picking Bowser and anticipating his inevitable loss.
Shiemi sighed as she settled down in her dorm room. She didn't share a room with her friends, Izumo and Paku, but they were down the hall close by if she wanted to talk to them.
The blond girl lay on her bed, face first. She buried her head into the pillow that lightly had her scent and started to recall the conversation she had hours prior.
"What do you mean there is nothing we can do for now?"
Yukio sighed; the three of them were outside of his class. He didn't do all of Rin's exams, but a majority of them he shared with his nii-san.
"If what Pheles-san said was true, then there isn't a lot I can do." Yukio was leaning against his homeroom desk, arms folded. "The only advantage of a pact, or marriage between demons, is that both parties have to agree. Since Shiemi agreed, even under her state of mind she is at a disadvantage."
The now-demon twin pushed up his glasses. "There is another way out of it; if you could somehow convince Amaimon to break the pact, then you would be free, Shiemi."
The blond bit her lip; it was pointless. It looked like the Earth King's mind was set with resolution. Maybe she could appeal to his humane side? Did demons even have humane sides? Well, since Mephisto was a demon himself and didn't seem too bad, it wasn't impossible.
Rin, on the other hand, exploded. "Bullshit! This can't be it! I refuse to give up, Yukio!"
Yukio glared at his brother, his tail coming out in shared agitation and his pointy ears fidgeting. "I know, I know! I'll re-read more ancient demonology passages and work with the other teachers about this." His gaze softened at the girl in between them. "I promise to do everything in my power to help you, Shiemi-san."
The blond girl sighed again, turning her head slightly. Her familiar, Nii-chan, exclaimed a concerned tone next to her, appearing in front of her.
"I'm okay, Nii-chan." She patted the familiar on the head, trying to squash down her own doubts of her faux optimism. Tomorrow was another day after all, and she refused to be down in the dumps over this.
Shiemi awoke exhausted. She barely slept with her thoughts wandering like they did.
Grimacing at the fact that she had slept in her school uniform, she picked up her spare in the drawers and went down to the dorm showers, realizing that everyone else was already gone.
She had two more days before a short repose then summer vacation. Shiemi was kind of grateful, since it meant that she had free time to assess the situation and not be distracted by school.
Ukobach would sometimes come over and fix the girls' meals, so Shiemi ran down the stairs to the barren cafeteria and rummaged in the fridge. She pulled out a bento, as well as her breakfast that needed to be heated up.
The herbologist knew that she was already late, but refuse to give up a proper breakfast. She tried to eat quickly, giving Nii-chan milk, as well as water, in between bites. Then, she was running out of the dorm and towards True Cross Academy.
It was hot, her white uniform top sticking to her chest as she huffed and puffed towards the main entrance. Most of the students were already in their class rooms and by the time she reached hers with her friends she was already panting in lethargy.
Everyone was gathered around in the class since Yukio had yet to arrive. She was curious on what they were doing, walking inside slowly until realization dawned on her that they had formed a circle around her desk.
She glanced around the mounds of heads, hearing Rin's concerned voice as she spied the source of their combined interests.
There, on her desk, was a jade vase. Inside of it was an assortment of flowers.
Shiemi covered her mouth to hide the surprised gasp as all heads turned to her. She flushed blood red and tried to ignore them, puffing up her cheeks and slowly sitting down in the chair.
The flowers were Blackthorns, Purple Lilacs, and Rose dogs. The Tamer was confused at the arrangement and cocked her head slightly. "He's never been in love before? Is that why it seems painful to him?"
Once Yukio entered the classroom, everyone dispersed back to their seats. Shiemi sighed and pondered.
'He's a demon, so maybe in Gehenna they don't have crushes? But then how do they have offspring...' Gehenna seemed like a drab and dreary place, so it would make sense that Amaimon had never fallen in love before. Was she just a convenience then for the Earth King?
A feeling of dejection settled in her heart at the thought. 'No, that's not true; there was Shura-san and Izumo-san at the camp trip, as well. Instead of picking those girls, he picked me.'
She tried to wash her negative emotions away as Yukio neared her, raising an eyebrow. She only put up a smile and accepted her paper exam, focusing on that instead.
Shiemi breathed in relief at the end of her exams. She had one more then a couple of days rest before summer vacation started. She was going to go back to her mother's shop and work there during her break.
Grabbing her bag, she was a bit surprised when her familiar Nii-chan pulled on her shirt sleeve. The tamer blinked and turned towards where her spirit was pointing towards, gasping.
There was Amaimon, sucking on a lollipop outside of the class window. She ran quickly, ignoring Rin's questioning, and ran towards the school gates.
She panted, finding the demon king near a secluded area on the outskirts of True Cross Academy. He came out of the shadows, still licking the multicolor candy.
"What...are you doing here?" Did Mephisto know? He had to know, since he was the principal and was the older sibling of Amaimon.
"Is it so wrong to see my fiancee?" His blue colored eyes raked up and down her figure and Shiemi shivered slightly, folding her arms across her chest. She had never received this much attention from a man before.
"No..." Shiemi was at a loss for words. She was still confused on the whole matter and didn't know how to handle it. Part of her wanted to better understand the demon in front of her. If he was Rin's brother from what Rin told her the other day then he couldn't be so bad, could he?
Amaimon approached her until they were almost at arm's length. Her lower lip trembled but the Earth King was passive as usual. She felt like he was staring through her body.
"I see you don't have the flowers I sent you." He was worried about being too hasty with them, but thought that she would be interested in the meaning behind them.
"Oh!" That's right; she had accidentally left them in the classroom. "I'll ask Yuki-chan to hold them for me until tomorrow!"
There was a flash of something, but Shiemi barely registered it before it vanished back into his aloof facade. "Is 'Yuki-chan' otouto?"
Shiemi nodded her head; he must be talking about Yukio. "Yes; I've known Yukio since I was younger. He's a precious person to me."
Amaimon only nodded, giving her another look before turning on his heel, the lollipop still between his lips.
The demon was feeling something he wasn't familiar with: jealous anguish.
When his fiancee mentioned his half brother's name, he had almost bit his circle lollipop in half with his fangs and then thought about beating the brown haired glasses-wearing teacher into slime.
Around him, she showed signs of fear like a weary creature around a predator, each word calculated and clipped. The minute his half brother was brought into the conversation her green eyes had suddenly lit up, dimples showed on her cheeks, and the most delicate smile graced her lips; one that made the Earth king's blood stir.
If only she would look at him like that.
The two walked side by side, silent. Amaimon didn't mind the quietness but he was used to people conversing with him, so it was a bit queer. Still he refused to terrorize the woman next to him anymore, so he held his tongue.
Shiemi on the other hand was at a loss on what to say. Would it be to personal to ask about his interests? To get closer without furthering their relationship in that manner? The idea of settling down still brought an ache to her head and made her feel light-head, so she was afraid that the conversation would go down that path.
Nii-chan was the first one to break the ice, appearing in curiosity at the Earth king before hopping on his shoulder. Amaimon barely regarded her after as he listened to the spirit converse in the language of their kinsmen.
The tamer was going to exclaim her protest, but she watched in wonder as the two talked in another language. She assumed it had to be Gehenna.
After a few more minutes of the private dialogue she quietly interrupted. "Ummmm...I'm sorry but..."
Nii-chan and Amaimon turned, the latter sucking on the remains of the lollipop. "Oh forgive me; I forgot you were there."
She wanted to huff at his blunt rudeness, but he continued as if he didn't do anything wrong. "Your spirit 'Nii-chan,' was telling me tales of Assiah. I was wondering about his origins, since most of his relatives live in my domain, after all and he's so young. He says that he enjoys it here and really loves being around his friend."
Shiemi blushed at the emotions her familiar poured out to the demon and wanted to hug the creature but felt it would be awkward since Nii-chan was still resting on Amaimon's shoulder.
The Earth King rolled the stick around his lips. "I thought it was weird that he was away for so long, but since he has no issues and his parents don't mind it's fine." He stopped and regarded the human girl. "It means that you are more in tune with demons than most humans; a perfect quality for a wife."
Shiemi blushed harder; she could taste the admiration in those words. It made her feel bubbly and part of her was torn for getting excited from a few choice praises, but she squashed it down. Amaimon wasn't a bad guy so far; rash and young, but he didn't seem bad for a demon.
The three continued to walk, reaching the dorm quicker than Shiemi wanted. Part of her wanted to ask about Gehenna, to ask about Amaimon's personal life. Did demons really did feel emotions like humans and half-lings did, or was he playing games and just 'bored?'
Amaimon was kind of disappointed; he finally formed an idea on how to appeal to his fiancee more. Unlike most things, he was planning this through.
He turned towards the blond once again and reached out his hand, letting the familiar jump from his clawed fingers to her shoulder blade. Amaimon's fingers reached further and Shiemi gasped.
He traced his fingers slowly, feeling strands of her hair. It wasn't fear he smelt this time- no it was something else and he was almost tempted to close the gap between them and push his tongue into her pretty petite-
Amaimon pulled back slowly; without a word he turned around. He pulled out another lollipop, this time a summer orange cake pop. The demon stuffed his hands into his shorts pockets, restraining himself from turning around and ravishing the woman behind him.
Shiemi was confused; the demon let Nii-chan safely hop towards her and then played with her hair. She thought for a moment he was going to kiss her like in the forest, but he didn't.
What was even more mind boggling was that a part of her wanted him to do so. She shook her head and ran into her dorms. 'That's silly, no I'm silly.' It had to be the heat.