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"She's the candy girl you talk about, aniki?"
It had been about three weeks since Naoki began attending True Cross Academy. It had been a little difficult to catch up with all the material, seeing as she had managed to miss the first two months, but somehow she had managed. It was the only time she had ever been thankful for her parents pushing her to do well; she had acquired some killer study habits. Though, that wasn't to say that she had been able to catch up and get to know her classmates. Oh, far from it! She had spent that first week holed away in her room playing catch up. Between the material she had missed and the normal class work… well, she was surprised that she got more than an hour's sleep each night.
Yet, it was finally all over. She was caught up in all her classes, maintaining an average grade in all, and she had even gotten to know her fellow ExWires. Most of them that is… with the way she had avoided Takara you'd think he had the plague.
If the raven-haired female had to admit a fascination with any of the other students she wouldn't hesitate to call on Rin. It hadn't taken longer than two weeks for her to stumble upon the male when he wasn't watching what he was doing.
It had been a sunny day, unusual for the time of year, but Naoki knew that she wasn't going to be able to have fun. Not with the massive amount of homework Mr. Okumura had given them that night. Confused about one stupid question, her temper flaring, she had charged to his dorm room to ask for help. Having begun to think of the teacher more like a younger brother, due to being two years older than him and his resemblance to her younger cousin, Naoki hadn't bothered to wait for someone to answer her at the door. Instead she barged in and stomped up to her teacher's room. Not realizing that his brother lived with him.
Not realizing that it was during the time he spent at his dorm room that he didn't bother to hide his tail.
Her usually calm expression was contorted with frustration at her inability to comprehend the problem while her temper was reaching its breaking point. Throwing open the door she growled. "Sensei! What the hel- Rin?"
In an instant her anger was forgotten, the problem thrown to the back of her mind, and she just stood in the doorway dumbstruck. The male laying on the bed blinked at her, the same look of shock on his own features, before it finally hit him. He shot into a sitting position… or tried to. In his hurry to hide his tail he slid off the bed and landed on his head. The whole scene pulled Naoki out of her own little world and she started laughing.
That made Rin forget about hiding his 'family trait' and he flew to his feet. "Hey! What's so funny!" He growled at her, tail swishing back and forth; like an angry cat's. This just made Naoki laugh harder. It took an eternity but Rin eventually realized it was pointless to get huffy with her. No matter what he said or how angry he looked, his wagging tail was going to make her laugh harder. With a sigh he retreated and broke the laughing spell.
Wiping the tears from her eyes, Naoki happily bounded in after him and plopped down on the edge of his bed; right beside him. She studied the male for a moment before giggling again. "So this is why you were all so high-strung!"
He hesitated, unsure what to think of her reaction, eventually relaxing and grinning back. "Yea…"
Naoki placed her paper on the edge of the bed, placed her hands behind her head and flopped backwards. Rin soon copied her every movement.
"The son of Satan… who would have thought!" She cooed. Suddenly this whole endeavor got ten times more interesting. "This is definitely better than sitting in that old classroom with nothing to do!" She squirmed in excitement. Naoki figured that was an odd reaction to learning that her classmate wasn't only part demon, but the son of the most badass demon there was. But it didn't matter to her. It was interesting and therefore a good thing.
Rolling onto her side she grinned at the male. "Okay, how do you hide that all day! Doesn't it get annoying?" Her gaze gave away her curiosity. She was lucky it wasn't Mephisto she was talking to, or she'd never get a straight answer.
Rin just stared at her in bewilderment… still unable to process the lack of running and screaming the female was exhibiting. Eventually he had smiled and been relieved at her calm reaction.
They spent the next three hours talking about everything. He had been willing to tell her most of the information regarding his… parentage, but he left some of it out. Soon enough Naoki had to leave or risk getting in trouble for not being in her dorm.
She never did get Yukio's help on that problem.
That was how she had gotten to know Rin. Bon, Konekomaru, and Shima had been a whole other story. To sum things up in one go; Shima was always asking her questions and getting to know her that they, somehow, become friends. She was fine with the male's company, finding his horrible flirting techniques rather endearing, so she didn't mind his pestering. It was when he constantly dragged her into conversations he had with Bon that she'd get frustrated with him. It wasn't that she hated the other male. It was merely the fact that she tried to stay out of conversations happening around her. She just never felt comfortable commenting on something she hadn't been invited to talk about to begin with. If Shima knew that he definitely didn't seem to care.
Because of his persistence she gradually got to know Bon. And found that getting on his nerves was fairly entertaining. Getting to know the first two males was all she really needed to do in order to get to know their shorter, and far less sociable, friend.
Shiemi seemed to be the female equivalent of Konekomaru; instead of following Shima and Bon, she had attached herself to Rin. Something Naoki constantly teased her for. Secretly, Naoki found it one of the cutest things she had seen, but she wasn't about to tell that to anyone.
Although the blonde female didn't seem to be a good candidate for an exorcist, Naoki grew to like her anyhow. They weren't the best of friends, but they talked enough. Well, they weren't the best of friends in Naoki's eyes, in Shiemi's the might as well have been sisters. Something Naoki chose to ignore.
That left the teacher and second female in the class.
Izumo was easy enough to understand; so the two girls got along fairly well. They didn't try to claw one another's eyes out, but they definitely didn't go out shopping or tell their deepest secrets. It was something of a peace treaty as both girls were strong headed.
Yukio on the other hand… Naoki had been right not to judge a book by its cover. Once or twice Rin's antics had released a hoard of demons. Not wanting to lose precious teaching time, Yukio had taken care of them all in less than five minutes. Earning him respect from Naoki, but also piquing her interest in finding the male's weak point. Though, that was a goal she refused to share; it would be pointless if he knew about it.
It had only taken her three weeks to settle into the flow of things and grow attached to all the people around her. Which is why the freedom to leave for a weekend wasn't too appealing for the female. As much as she missed her family, there were so many more interesting things at the Academy than at home, and she did her best t convince Mephisto to let her stay. But, he refused, telling her that her family missed her.
"What a load of bull…" Naoki sighed.
With her purse strapped over her shoulder she stared up at the door to the candy shop. It had only been because of Mephisto's begging that she had come back. She wasn't spending the night, she wasn't even spending more than ten minutes inside, she was merely here to fetch his candy as he was swamped with paperwork and wasn't going to be able to leave. He was lucky he was so damn interesting to her.
A heavy sigh and Naoki pushed open the door.
"Kenji!" She called out her cousin's name, hoping he was there so she wouldn't have to deal with her uncle's massive amount of questions about the new school.
She was lucky; her cousin was at the front counter helping a rather heavy-set lady with a daughter his age. With a smile and a 'come again' he dismissed the lady and met his cousin's gaze. His eyes lit up and he jumped over the counter before sprinting to his cousin; knocking her down to the floor.
"Nao-chan! Oh thank god you're back! Uncle's driving me nuts!" He had tears streaming down his face but she just laughed before patting him on the back.
"It's your own fault. You never listen!" She chastised smiling.
Eventually he let her get up and she brushed off her uniform, something she had only had for a week. Wanting to get the things she needed and get back to the academy, if only to badger Rin some more, Naoki motioned to her cousin to grab a bag and do his job. "You remember Mephi-chan right?" She questioned the younger male.
He gave her a worried expression before nodding.
"Good! So you should know what he normally gets. I'll take a bag… and add a bag of lollipops to it too. Surprise me!" She grinned, finding an odd amount of entertainment in driving the youth nuts. He quickly did as she asked. Paying, courtesy of Mephisto, Naoki bolted for the door before her cousin could call her uncle, who she heard heading for the front of the store.
Laughing maniacally when she was outside Naoki made her way to a bench and sat down. "Poor Kenji… he's going to be in for a world of trouble if he doesn't learn to do his job right." She shook her head before opening her bag of candy and pulling out a green lollipop. Unwrapping it she smiled.
She had just popped the apple lollipop in her mouth, and closed her eyes, when she heard someone's excited voice. Her bag had already been put away and out of sight… so the only way anyone could steal her beloved sugar was to steal the one right out of her mouth.
Which was exactly what the male did.
Naoki uttered a squeak of surprise when the lollipop disappeared right from between her lips. Her eyes flew open and she screamed when she saw a male's face only inches from hers. Twitching she was furious that he was so close, but upon inspection of his being and the discovery of an oddly familiar lollipop, she snapped.
"What the hell!" She growled.
He merely cocked his head to the side and watched her with curious blue eyes.
"It's rude to take someone's sugar without asking. Especially when you steal it from their mouth." She clenched her jaw, crossed her arms and waited for an apology.
It never came.
Instead, the male plopped down beside her and continued to suck on the stolen treasure. Naoki felt her patience being tested. She watched him for a moment before glancing back out at the street.
"You should at least tell me your name." She finally murmured.
"Hai, nao-chan." There wasn't much emotion in his words so Naoki didn't immediately catch on. "I'm Amaimon, a demon king." Again… there was no emotion.
But his words finally registered in her mind.
"How the hell do you know my name? Have you been stalking me?" She gave him a wary gaze before scooting to the far end of the bench, taking her candy with her. He shook his head and scooted towards her.
"No. Aniki's told me about you." He shrugged and kept on playing with the lollipop he had stolen.
"What are you talking about? I don't have an older brother…" She was becoming pretty interested in him. The funny part being that she seemed not to have heard the last sentence of his introduction.
"Hai. You know mine. Mephisto." He stated as if it wasn't as interesting to him.
At the mention of Mephisto Naoki smiled and relaxed. If they were acquaintances, then she'd be fine. With that mindset, she pulled out another lollipop, not paying attention that he had already devoured the first one, and plopped it in her mouth.
She saw his hand snake out and she clamped her jaws shut. He tugged lightly at the lollipop but it wouldn't budge.
"Take it and I'll kick you." Naoki growled between her clenched teeth.
He looked at her for a moment before letting go. Not that he had given up. He just aimed for the bag she was holding. Quickly she pulled it out of his immediate range.
"It's common courtesy to ask first you know?" She lectured.
He just stared at her with an immense curiosity before holding his hand out.
"May I, nao-chan?"
Naoki sighed, glanced at the time on her phone and cussed, before shooting to her feet. She grabbed her things and was about to take off when she stopped to look at him. Smiling, she pulled out one more of the apple lollipops and tossed it to him. "For behaving!" She called over her shoulder as she ran off, needing to get back to the academy before she was in major trouble.