It was just one of those days. Fire was being shot between the class, particularly between Bon and Izumo, and to think it just started from the memorization of a verse. Rochelle knew that Izumo was bugging because of Paku, but it still didn't give her a reason to speak to Bon the way she did. She also knew that Bon wouldn't hit her no matter how much she taunted because that just wasn't like him, so she didn't bother encouraging him. She just sat and watched it all unfold, but Yukio stopped it short.

"Dammit, I should've stopped you two." Rochelle said awkwardly with the rock demon sitting on her lap. Yukio's idea was "One bad apple spoils the whole bunch" so the whole class was stick sitting with the heavy rocks on their laps.

"I'll be leaving for a little while." Yukio said while walking out of the room.

"Wait what about these rocks?" Rochelle yelled but he closed the door before she could get out the last three words, so she dropped her head in defeat.

"I really should've stopped you two." She groaned while shifting uncomfortably under the weight of the rock, which had obviously increased. The group was having a conversation, which was stopped midway because the lights went off. Everyone moved and got the rocks off their laps, which somehow resulted in Rin's landing on his foot.

"How the hell did it hit your feet when you got up? You were sitting on them." Rochelle said while stretching her legs. He would've responded, but was cut short when a loud growling noise could be heard from outside the room.

"What was that?" Izumo asked while shifting back slightly in fear, as did all of the other girls. Shima decided to be the "brave one" and see what was going on behind the door, so he opened it and closed it just about as fast.

"Well?" Rochelle asked, but Shima just chuckled and rubbed his eyes.

"I must be sleep deprived or something, I thought I sa- AAAGH!" He screamed and ran back to the group to hide behind Rin, and in the process, was almost hit by a ghoul that looked like the one that came to the girl's bath.

"OH SHIT!" Rochelle screamed while backing up to grab her violin case. In the time it took her to get it the ghoul had already gotten some out its putrid blood on herself and the group. It stung but somehow they were all able to shake it off, and Shiemi's familiar made some sort of tree-formed shield to block the group from the ghoul.

"Okay, what we finta do?" Rochelle panicked. In the end, Rin ended up going off by himself to get the ghoul, but it split off into two halves. The group devised a plan to have Bon and Konekomaru to recite the whole book of John in hopes of finding the ghoul's fatal verse, while the others stood on standby, waiting to attack if needed, but it was taking the ghoul a terribly long time to escape the plethora of wood that Shiemi's familiar had set up. In spite of the fact that her life was in danger too, Rochelle couldn't help but worry about Rin. She opened her violin case and said the Latin incantation for her shotgun in lighting speed before taking off into the wooden branches, going as far as possible from the ghoul.

"Where are you going?" Shima asked worriedly.

"I'm going to help Rin!" She yelled back as she finally made it to the door. Everyone tried to tell her no but she kept on going until she made it out the door. She ran through the halls, trying to make her way to the power box, where Rin said he would be going. She heard the shriek of a ghoul and she followed it's sound until she made it to a room where Rin stood face to face with the putrid monster, ready to draw his sword.

"RIN!" She called out, unintentionally throwing him off guard. The ghoul caught his mistake and threw him into a wall, causing Rochelle to jump into action. She ran within shooting rang of the said monster, cocked her gun and shot a round. It wouldn't be the first time she had used a firearm, as her father took her to shooting ranges before. Even so, the force of her gun was so powerful that she went flying into a wall and was knocked unconscious. Rin, knowing that no one should be aware of his demonic decent, went to Rochelle to see if she was awake. When he was sure that she was unconscious, he drew his sword and was surrounded by the blue flames that he had inherited from his father and killed the ghoul with one swing of his sword. What he hadn't anticipated, however, was that the light of the flames would be enough to awaken his comrade. She didn't fully wake up, but she could see.

"Rin…" Rochelle whispered very quietly, so quiet that she almost couldn't even hear herself. Everything was so blurry but she was still able to see the flames. If anything, she wondered if it was only a dream. She tried to move slightly, but only gave up, angered by the fact that she was rendered so helpless. She also saw another figure standing in the darkness that spoke to Rin, but she couldn't make out the face or the voice before she finally passed out again.

When Rochelle woke back up, the lights were on and Rin was carrying her back to the room that the class was in. Her vision wasn't accustomed to the bright light, but when it did, she saw Rin smiling goofily at her. It made her stomach turn when she remembered what she had seen probably not even a few minutes ago, and she wondered if it was true. When they finally made it back to the room, Mephisto popped out of nowhere and announced to everyone that they had just gone through their surprise Esquire exam. Everyone was shocked when higher ranked exorcists came out of the walls and floorboards, attending to wounds and giving people shots, but nothing shocked Rochelle more than what she had seen. She pondered on whether or not she should ask him if it was true.

A few days later, Mephisto treated the class to lunch as congratulations for everyone's passing of the exam. Rochelle on the other hand insisted that she wasn't hungry, still spooked by what she had seen. She stood on a balcony that was by the restaurant, biting her nails while thinking. Rin walked up to her.

"Hey, what's up?" he asked while placing his hand on her shoulder, causing her to jump and spin around in surprise.

"Oh, hey Rin." She said awkwardly.

"Are you okay?" he asked. She finally balled up enough courage, and gestured for him to give her his ear. If it was true, she didn't want anyone else to know because it would cause trouble. She had already decided that if what she had seen was true that she wouldn't tell anyone.

"On the day of the exam, when I passed out, I woke up for a little while." She began, but she could already see surprise and worry written all over Rin's face. "When I woke up, you were surrounded in blue flames. Is it true? Is there anything you want to tell me? I won't tell anyone." She finished. Rin bit down on his lower lip, not knowing what to do. He looked down at Rochelle and if anything, her face was plastered in concern. He sighed and gestured for her to walk with him. They walked up the street and he explained to her his situation. Sure, he wasn't supposed to tell anyone but he sub-self-consciously wanted to confide in someone his secret. She let out a sigh that for some reason, seemed to be one of relief.

"Why didn't you tell me any sooner?" Rochelle asked. Of all the questions she could've asked, this is what she wanted to know the most. Rin was surprised, but he hunched his shoulders.

"Look, no one can decide who their parents are, that'd be a paradox." She began. "But if there's one thing I know is this; you don't always have to become who or what your parents are. You can take a completely different path if you want to, which is what you've done. I'm not the slightest bit afraid of you or angry with you because of Blue Night, or anything that Satan may have done because Satan was the one who did those things, not you." She finished while placing a gentle hand on Rin's shoulder. No one had ever spoken to him like that and it made him feel a little better even though Noihaus tried to attack him on the Esquire exam because he was Satan's son.

"Thanks." He said quietly.

"Okay, let's head on back to this restaurant before they eat all the food." Rochelle said while stretching and making a U-turn to go back where they had came from.

"And for the record, not everyone is as understanding as I am, and that is something I know first hand. For your sake, I'll keep this between us." Rochelle said when they were almost at the restaurant. The class asked them questions (that weren't answered, of course) about why they went on that walk. After a while, Shima adopted the possibility that they went to some secluded place and made-out before telling Yukio to "protect what's his", which earned him his regular punch to the stomach.

A/N: Okumura Rin (not the character, the user) I loves you! I feel appreciated enough because I know that you and at least a few others genuinely enjoy my story. Thank you for your reviews!