I know that I said this chapter would be longer, but crap happened, and I had just some many tests to study, so this is pretty short. Plus, by the way this part ended, I decided that would be better finishing like that. But don't worry, tomorrow I won't go to school, so probably will start working on the next chapter, and if you be lucky, I will end it up. ;D
Disclaimer: I do not own Ao no Exorcist.
[Mitsuko's POV]
It's about eleven o'clock, and we are in front of Mephiland ( Mephisto's amusement park ), ready to start our today's mission. "Today", started Yukio, "you will be facing the ghost that posses the Mephisto's statue in the middle of the night. Any questions?"
"Ahm...", everyone look at Konekomaru as he raised his hand and said while shacking a bit, "Is this mission somehow related to a really scary dog?". The unexpected question made everybody blink in confusion, except Yukio, who simply answered "No".
"What's that for?", asked Bon, once Yukio stayed quiet. The way he looks to be, I thought he would at least ask why, but then I realize by his look that he was as distance as the day before.
"It's just... Just because there is a dog right there". I, just like the others, looked at where he was pointing at, and saw a big black dog with three heads. Pretty different from their reaction, I was filled with happiness, as said:
"Oh! So that's where you are? C'mon baby!". Said that (which I used the same voice that you use to talk to a little child), Belbel ran and jumped over me, which instantly alarmed the others, even Yukio, but their scared face turned to disbelief and pretty much confusion as they realized that the demon was actually licking my face, instead of eating me alive, which a reasonable person would think.
"Just what the heck is happening?", I looked at Bon, who was the first one to react.
"This is Belbel, my familiar", answered, while the others seem to be slowly coming back to reality. Bon looked a bit perturbed, but before anyone could say something else, Yukio said: "Now that is all cleared, let's back to the mission..."
"Ahm... Sensei, where is the statue?". After having a quick look, the rest of us had the as same finding as Shiemi: the statue just vanished.
"What the...". Even before Rin could end what he was saying, I feel what almost seemed to be a earthquake, and fly away from where we were standing at a sec ago.
Despite that I fell really hard on the ground, I wasn't feeling bad and all, so I quickly stood up and turned to see what caused the impact.
"Looks like it was the statue who actually found us".
"Mitsuko-chan, is this really a good time to make jokes?". I looked Shima, who was lying on the ground, looking a bit dizzy, but ok. I was pretending to say something, but the three meters statue started running in our direction. Everyone quickly stood up and ran in desperate, with a giant Methisto in our heels.
"Save us Rin"
"I can't!"
"We're going to die", Shima cried out. Rin suddenly became truly pissed off. He gritted his teeth and fists. It's obviously because he can't help the others, but what's impeding him from doing whatever he could have done?
I dodge to aside and stopped running. I already reached the conclusion that his katana could be a seal, but now I'm sure that it is really the case.
"Rin!", he looked confused at me, "I know you're a demon". It was almost funny the way his face turned to many expressions in a split of seconds. But then I started to get concerned. What if the others didn't know? Yes, it was a terrible thing what I just did. But to my relief, the others seemed to be more concerned with other things, like how I knew that, or how stupid I am.
But a sec later, all my thoughts just vanish away as I noticed blue flames burst from Rin's body.
I wasn't scared at all. They looked so... Pretty... But vanished away too quickly. Something about two seconds later, Rin was holding his now sheathed katana with the Mephisto's statue sliced in a half some meter away, some of the others students panting with relief and confusion and a really pissed off Suguro.
"We could had handle with that!"
"Sorry!", Rin said while scratching the back of his head.
"Hey! How did you know that he was a demon?". Everyone stared at me as Izumo asked me that.
"Well... I'm a good observer..."
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[Yukio's POV]'Did you go to your medical check-up?'
Yesterday's check-up... I was prepared for the worst.
'I will now inform you of the results of the medical examination'
'Okay...'
'It's all cleared, just as always'
'Are you serious?', I asked, failing to believe.
'Yes. Is there something worring you?'
'N... No'.
What's happening? These past few days I was convinced that I was doomed. So I suppose that I'm relieved. But, in that case, what the hell was that? There is no way that it was only a hallucination. That day, in the battle with the impure king, when I was facing Toudou... I'm sure that what I saw was real... I mean, everything became blue of sudden, and it was just with me, but I know it really happened, 'cause the way Toudou reacted mean that something wasn't right, and he was quite surprised, but also amused with the new knowing.
Despite the surprises that new student came up with, I wasn't paying much attention in the mission, nor in the following. The result was just as expected: Rin slashing everything with his katana surrounded by blue flames.
Did I end up inheriting the flames of Satan?
The majority of the information concerning our birth has been concealed. Why exactly did they raised us? Father never told us anything, right up until his last breath. If nii-san is the illegitimate son of satan, then what does that make me...?
"...Huh?", I said out loud when found myself alone in some random place. "Ah... That's right, the mission's over, and I was heading back to the dorms". I spaced out... I suppose that is the type of thing to don't think about while walking. I look around, but it's pretty dark in here, I can't see a thing. Where am I?
My vision seemed to adjust with the darkness and I could finally see what's around me... The hall of portraits? Why... How did I end up in a place like this... My eyes were widened, and I was sweating cold. I turned back and saw the same portrait me and Shura were talking about right this morning, the portrait of the seventh mystery, the one that shows your inner darkness... And the picture would be exactly as I had saw, just a regular girl... If weren't her eyes... Her demonic eyes.
'A devil's face. That's your true identity'. I got more desperate when heard that voice echoing in my head.
"Toudou..."
'Yukio... I wonder if you're a demon just like me'. And then, it wasn't the girl's face anymore... It was mine, with all the demonic features. 'Good for you, Yukio. You've always looking up to me, haven't you?'
"Damn it..."
"YUKIO!". I woke up in a jump, finding myself in my desk, in my bedroom... With Rin screaming in my ear. "Wake the hell up! Shura is here to pick you up!"
"Well, this sure is unusual for you..."
A dream... "I... I over slept...! I apologize, I will get ready right away"
"Yo, your hair! It' so messy! Lemme take a pic!", Rin said laughing like an idiot, while I put my glasses and comb my hair.
"I swear you hair is just as impressively messy"
...It was just a bad dream. The boundary between that dream and reality is so unclear... You had a mission, right?
I was still spacing out when Shura used her key and we entered in the Vatican, where she gave me a folder. It was full of registers reporting cases about the demon eaters, and I quickly passed through these pages, when a huge picture took my attention.
I started reading the document and abruptly stopped in the middle of the text, discovering that it's about an artificial gehenna's gate.
I got no idea who besides Satan could manage to do such a thing, but now my situation is becoming more... Real... I know that I was freaking out about it. Damn it, I wasn't even managing to see the difference between reality and dream, but a inner part of me still believing that it was all my imagination... And this part just died.
Now it's all reality. And I know that, if there is some kind of power inside me which is awaking, it's because of this gate... Which is making line between the both worlds greyer.
That's it. Nothing new, all just like is mentioned in the manga, except for the two last paragraphs, and not to mention what I changed because of Mitsuko.
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