Quick Author's note: I do not own Blue Exorcist or any of the characters other than Sera! Also, this is my first one so please R&R, anything helps!

Sera cracked door to the dorms open, then closed it.

'I don't want to go in there just yet. I still have time. I'm not nervous; no I'm never nervous... Okay maybe I am. It's been way too long since I've been around other people. Other humans...'

Sighing, Sera turned and sat on the front steps gazing at the afternoon sun preparing to set.

"Maybe a walk will clear my head."

Sera ran her hands through her hair and started to stroll while trying to control a torrent of thoughts. Mephisto catching her during the small spar with Amaimon was unexpected, hell even Amaimon being there was unexpected. She wondered if that would count as a failure, or an unexpected success, since now she was closer to the school kids she was supposed to be studying. Lord Astaroth wasn't very specific in the job details so for her sanity she would mark this up as a small success. She caught a glimpse of her reflection from a nearby puddle, she looked like a mess. Sera attempted to fix her messy braid and brushing off any remnant of the fight. Though the action was purely symbolic, she had already healed the minor cuts and any dirt was gone and currently sitting on the ground of Mephisto's office.

Next up on her train of thought was a thought she had been avoiding for some years now. Was she human? It seemed stupid, but it had always bothered her. She didn't have any memories to back up her claim, and no family to consult. Sera always waved off the thought, but when she was alone, it creeped back up to the forefront of her mind. Any demon she asked in Gehenna would either scoff or just plain ignore her; it was frustrating to never get answers from them. Not even Lord Astaroth would tell her, he would always order her to spend more time thinking about her jobs instead of "wasting time on unimportant details."

'Skin-walkers are witches... But is that another term for demon? I have the claws and the fangs like demons' she ran her tongue along her fangs, luckily they weren't glaringly obvious. She began to fiddle with all of her rings, big or small, gold or silver, simple or decorative, no matter what they meant each finger had one.

'Or are witches a middle ground? Does it really matter though? After all I'm bound to serve Lord Astaroth until my contract termination... Now that I think of it when does my contract terminate? Is it a till the death thing or am I free to say no-'

Sera's deep thoughts were interrupted by someone running into her at full speed. She tumbled to the ground unable to get her breath back.

"Oh hey there! I'm so sorry! I didn't even see you there, are you okay?"

A boy with messy midnight blue hair and bright blue eyes held his hand out to her. Sera carefully took his hand and dusted off after he lifted her off the ground. She quickly counted to make sure she still had all her rings, it was a habit that she had always had. She hid her face partially away, embracing the role as a new student.

"Uh yeah, I'm fine. Sorry if I was in the way..."

'Gotta play it like I'm a normal teen... Though I'm totally out of uniform, I hope he won't question it too much.'

"Not at all! I'm sorry for running into you, I wasn't really watching where I was going," He said it so casual, this must be a normal occurrence for him, "I'm Rin Okumura, what's your name?" He blinked and looked at Sera's clothes and his eyes lingered on her face, "I haven't seen you around here before."

He smiled largely, as Sera looked him over. Messy uniform, sheathed sword slung across his back, he was probably in the cram school. Why else would he need a weapon?

'He seems friendly enough. It would be helpful to have someone who knows their way around.'

"I'm Sera Kanemoto, I just transferred here. It's nice to meet you. Um, are you in the cram school?"

"Oh cool! Nice to meet you Sera, and yeah I am! I take it you asking means you are too."

His energy was overwhelming. It's seemed to bubble out of him.

'Okay, I could handle him. His energy is refreshing. Besides, maybe all his lights aren't on upstairs. I could easily get information from him…'

"Yeah I am. I start tomorrow, so I'm kind of nervous."

That was half true, nervous to be around people her age and having to keep up this pathetic charade, but not nervous about the actual education part. She already knew all of it thanks to Astaroth's lectures and multiple curses.

"Ha, don't worry about it; I'll be right there with you! It's not as bad as the others might say. Hey, where's your dorm? It's kind of getting late."

Sera looked up at the twilight sky, how much time had passed? It seemed to be still sunny a minute ago. How far did she walk?

"Oh, uh, over that way. There were no other places open..."

Rin laughed and started walking toward the dorm while jokingly linking arms with Sera.

"That's the dorm my brother and I share, here come on we can walk back together."

"So brother, does she know about our youngest sibling?"

Amaimon chewed on the edges of his long nails, eyes intently staring at the pair walking off.

"No, I don't think so. Look at how she is acting; she doesn't seem to be suspicious of anything. Let's keep it that way."

"Especially since brother Astaroth seemed so intent to bring him home to Gehenna that night."

"Exactly Amaimon."

Mephisto chuckled and tapped his umbrella on the ground as he strolled away. Waving his hand, he sighed over his shoulder.

"I know you want to play with our new guest and test her limits, but you'll have to wait."

"So you really want to be an exorcist?"

"Yeah, my old man was a great exorcist and so is my brother."

Sera watched his eyes light up at the mention of his "old man", they must have been close. A pang of jealousy settled in her gut, was she close with her father? Did she have one? Would he be an exorcist too? She had to wave these thoughts away, but Rin's "old man" sounded interesting.

"Will you tell me about your father at some point? He must have some great stories."

"Sure! I bet the old man did a bunch of cool things!"

Sera laughed quietly, this boy seemed too happy go lucky to be a boring old exorcist.

Footsteps echoed down the stairs, Rin turned his head away from his food and Sera to see Yukio staring in slight shock.

"Rin! You have a girl in here? That's against the rules!"

"Oh calm down Yukio, her room is in here. Mephisto put her in here and she is in the cram school."

"Oh really? I never heard anything about this."

Yukio seemed to calm down a bit after studying Rin's face, but his eyes lingered on Sera's jewelry and violet eyes.

"A pleasure to meet you, I'm Sera Kanemoto."

Sera stood briefly and bowed quickly before returning to her food.

"I'm Yukio Okumura, Rin's twin brother and a full exorcist."

Sera nodded and pulled her hair back into a loose ponytail.

"I've heard of you, the youngest exorcist in the entire Order. You're a doctor and a dragoon correct?"

Yukio narrowed his eyes at Sera.

'How did she know that so quickly?'

"Please don't think I was stalking you, you are a hot topic back where I'm from."

'He doesn't know I mean I heard of him from Astaroth when he controlled Reiji...'

Rin laughed and looked at his brother.

"Wow, you are actually popular somewhere! At least you know you have a fan club somewhere else, besides all the girls here who make you lunch every day."

Yukio's expression changed at the mention of the lunch girls and he started to head back upstairs.

"Whatever Rin, you two better not stay up too late. Class starts early tomorrow, and you have to stay awake throughout the entire class...Rin."

Yukio's stare lingered on Rin causing him to sink down in his seat.

"Yeah whatever, you sound like the old man."

He scoffed as Yukio headed back upstairs.

Sera finished her dinner and pulled her hair down from the ponytail only to toy with the rings on her fingers.

"So what's with all the rings? Seems excessive."

She looked up at Rin briefly, then back down to her rings. Silver, gold, onyx, iron, steel, each one passed from family, or so her faint memory recalled. It was her heritage, a tradition as the monster she was.

"Long story."

"Well, why don't you tell me tomorrow?"

Sera shrugged. Tomorrow would be fine, she would have time to clear her head and think of a convincing back-story. Though lying to Rin didn't seem like the best idea, something about it nagged at her mind.

She trudged to her room after Rin wished her goodnight.

'One night of silent sleep. No nightmares, no memories, no voices, just sleep. That's all I want…'