Hello guys and welcome to the fourth chapter of Demon in the room! ^_^ Sorry for the absence! I've just been busy lately, so sorry. Also, I will most likely have another absence for about a week, a bunch of birthdays and a family reunion, yada yada yada. Anyways, I hope you enjoy the chapter and if you do leave a review telling me what you think. Thanks for reading! Bye! ~ 0_0 Whale face!


Maka lied on her back in bed, staring at the dark ceiling. It was late. The last time she looked at her phone it said 2:24, but that seemed like a long time ago now. She sighed and blinked tiredly. She couldn't fall asleep, and she had no idea where Blair was. She had left her on the bed when she went to take a shower and when she got back she was gone. But she had just shrugged it off, turned off the lights and crawled into bed. That was a while ago too.

"Come on," She squeezed her eyes shut tightly, "Just fall asleep already."

After a few minutes of darkness, silence and sleeplessness, she groaned and rolled over onto her side. She reached to the bedside table and pick up her phone, flipping it open. 3:42 a.m. Maka sighed and snapped the phone shut before setting it back onto the table.

"Why can't I sleep?" She groaned, sitting up.

Suddenly, she heard scratching at her door and jumped in surprise.

"Damn it, Blair," She whisper-yelled at the door, "You scared me! What the hell."

She got up and walked over to the door grumbling in annoyance as she did. She grabbed the door handle, unlocked it, twisted it, and pulled open the door. She expected to see Blair, sitting at her feet and looking up at her with her large, glowing golden eyes. But instead she was face-to-face with something far worse... A demon.

It was taller than her, with light grey, flaky skin and a bony legs. It's arms were so long they reached the floor and he had small, glowing, demonic, blood-red eyes. It grinned widely.

"Hello, Maka." It growled without opening it's mouth.

Maka couldn't breathe, couldn't move. The blood in her veins went cold, her heart stopped beating as her breath hitched in her throat.

'Run!' She screamed inwardly. 'RUN NOW!'

But her body didn't move. She just stood there, staring at the monster in horror. Her skin was pale, no color at all, and her eyes were wide and full of terror.

It chuckled and said in a deep voice, "What? Are you afraid if me?" It stepped closer and wrapped it's large hand around her throat and began to squeeze. It put his mouth next to her ear and whispered in a deep, demonic voice, "Are you afraid of me... Maka?"

She could feel the fear building up in her chest and her heart. She needed to scream, to fight, she needed to do anything that could help her get away. But she didn't. She just sat there, shaking, staring at the hideous demon in front of her.

It grinned wider. "What? Cat got your tongue?" It chuckled. "I could help with that. I mean, I already got the cat."

Maka'a eyes widened even further in her skull and she felt them fill with tears as the monster slowly lifted the decapitated head of Blair in his other hand. Blood dripped from it and formed a small puddle at its bare feet. The putrid smell of blood fill Maka's nose and she suddenly found her voice again.

"NOOOO!"

Maka shot up in her bed, panting and sweating heavily. She pushed a damp hand through her hair and looked around the room quickly. It was her room, nothing out of place, out of order. She quickly ripped her phone off the table, pulled it open and stared at the screen. It said 3:42. She sighed and fell back into the pillows.

Her heart sank when she heard scratching on her door a few seconds later. Tears welled up in her horror-filled eyes and she began to scoot away from the door on her bed.

"No," She whispered. "No. No, no, no, no, no, no. This can't be happening!"

The door slammed open but instead of the monster, there stood Rin, with Kuro on one shoulder and Blair on the other.

"Hey, are you okay?" He asked. "I heard screaming."

Maka nodded slightly. "Uh... Y-ye-yeah." She nodded faster. "I'm fine. Thanks."

He nodded. "Yeah, okay," He turned to go before turning back around quickly, "Here." He sat Blair down on the bed. "When I got up here she was in my room and I was too tired to let her out."

"Oh," Maka said, "Okay, thanks."

Rin nodded. "Well good night."

Maka gasped in horror was she saw the shadow of the monster behind Rin.

Rin eyed her, concerned. "What's wrong?" He turned around but before he could do anything, the monster stabbed it's blades straight through Rin's head, killing him.

Maka screamed in terror.

The demon laughed and chuckled. It pushed Rin off it's blade and walked forward, stopping at the edge of Maka's bed. It reached out and rested it's hand on Maka's head. She trembled below his touch. It laughed again before leaning over and putting it's mouth next to her ear. She could feel its breath against the shell of her ear.

"I knew you were afraid of me," It chuckled darkly, "You were always afraid of me."

Maka shot up in bed, screaming, crying and sweating.

She looked around her room, it was light. She looked at the window, it was daytime... She grabbed her phone and looked at the time. She sighed in relief and held it to her chest. 6:18 a.m.

She smiled and fell back onto the bed. That ordeal was over... Well, at least for now it was.

She sat up and walked over to her dresser. She reached into a drawer, pulled out her clothes for the day and changed. She looked in the mirror.

She wore the regular white button-up and purple skirt. Along with a thin, loose, black, pull-over hoodie with ears on the hood. A studded purple headband. A pair of black and white polka dotted, thigh-length stockings. And as always, her bulky white gloves, and her black and white buckle combat boots.

She walked over to the door, grabbed the handle, unlocked it, pulled it open and looked out. She smiled. There was no one in the hall. It was just slightly dim, silent and empty.

She walked out and down the stairs and into the kitchen, where she was greeted by Yukio. He was sitting at the table eating a bowl of cereal. He waved at her, smiling.

"Ah, good morning, Maka-chan. How are you today?"

Maka waved back. "Morning Yukio-san. I'm good, thank you. How are you?"

He shrugged. "I'm alright," He looked around for a moment before looking back at her, "You hungry?"

Maka shook her head, quickly. "Oh, no I'm alright. Thank you."

He looked at her, surprised. "Are you sure? I mean, it's really no trouble, besides, Ukobach loves to cook, anyways."

"Im fine, really. Thank you."

He nodded. "Okay, I guess. Well, are you going to stick around here until it's time to head out for school?"

"I'm not sure. I was going to have a look around this morning but I can't seem to find Blair... You wouldn't happen to know where she is, would you?"

Yukio shook his head. "No, I don't actually. I would tell you to go ask Rin but he's probably still asleep."

Maka frowned. "I wonder where she went..."

Yukio shrugged. "I'm sure she'll show up soon, you shouldn't dwell on it."

Maka nodded. "Yeah, okay."

Yukio looked at her. "Maka-chan?"

"Yeah?"

"Would it be okay if I asked you some questions?"

Maka looked at him before shrugging. "I guess."

Yukio smirked. "Thanks, I'm just kind of curious, I guess."

Maka nodded. "It's okay, I suppose."

"Well... I guess firstly, why do you want to be an exorcist?"

"Hmm... I don't really know, actually... It just seems to be helpful I guess." She lied.

"Oh, okay. Well, are you already able to see demons, Maka-chan?"

Maka looked at him before nodding. "Yes."

"Did you summon Blair, or did you get her another way?"

"I summoned her." She lied again.

"Did you train before you got here?"

Maka though for a moment before nodding. "Yes." She half-lied.

"Are you serious about becoming an exorcist, because if your not it will be a hell of a lot harder to do."

She nodded. "Mmhmm." She lied once again.

Yukio sighed. He knew so wasn't telling the truth, but he didn't want to push it. Instead he just nodded. "Okay."

"Morning you two."

The teens looked up at Rin standing in the doorway. Just like in Maka's dream, he had Blair and Kuro on his shoulders.

"Morning, Nii-chan.

"Morning, Rin-kun."

He walked over to Maka and handed her Blair. "She was in my room when I went to bed... Not sure how she got in there but u was too lazy to kick her out."

Maka nodded, setting Blair on her head gently. "Thank you."

He nodded. "Yeah, no problem."

Maka stood up and walked out of the kitchen. "Bye, Rin-kun, Yukio-san. See you at school." She called over her shoulder before opening the front door and walking out.

Rin gave Yukio a questioning look and Yukio just shrugged.

"Don't look at me." He said, putting up his hands in defense.

Rin shrugged before grabbing a plate of waffles, sitting down and eating. "What'd you say to her?"

Yukio looked at him. "What are you talking about?"

"The way she said your name when she left, she said it like you were bein' an ass."

Yukio shrugged. "All I did was ask her some questions."

"Well, maybe you asked ass-ish questions." Rin laughed.

"Be quiet, Rin." He grumbled.


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