A/N: Hi everyone! How are you all?
To Blue Banana: Iblis did not clone Rin. The other brother is revealed in a previous chapter. I took a character from another fandom that can wield blue flame and put them in this story. As to the who, I haven't revealed that yet.
Here's the next chapter! Enhoy :)
Published: 12/13/2017
Warnings: Blue Exorcist Manga Spoilers
Chapter 9
Rin-Sensei
"Alright, little minions! Welcome to Combat Training!" Rin bellowed out, resisting the urge to rub his palms together evilly as his class finally made their way into the room.
White walls with white panels built to sustain Demon King Level attacks, this room was perfect for Rin, and perfect for his cute little minions. There were a few obstacles scattered here and there, but it was a mostly plain room, massive and expansive. The ceiling was a good forty feet above their heads, minimum.
As the last one, Shima, finally managed to stagger into the room, Rin let loose a small tiny chortle. Hehe. This would be fun.
Rin did have to resist the urge to laugh evilly at all their faces. It wouldn't do if they witnessed their so called teacher rolling on the floor laughing his ass off. Then again, Rin wasn't even sure why they'd made him, of all people, a teacher in the first place.
Okay, so his Exorcist skills were on point, but still. Him, teach?
He wasn't a genius, like Yukio. It took him time and effort to get things. It took experience in most cases for Rin to understand, since words and descriptions and those funny pictures in books never did much for him. He was someone who more or less ran around following his instincts, which almost always proved to be correct.
Dad said this made him the perfect teacher for one simple reason. Rin didn't know the material instinctively, which meant he would understand when his students didn't get the material instinctively, and as he had experienced the same dilemma, he would know how to hammer the information into their little heads.
Although, Rin believed his father's logic was flawed. He couldn't very damn well toss these little brats for a week long tortume- ehem, vacation, with Amaimon-nii.
His little minions blinked in surprise, apparently not having noticed Rin until now.
"Rin-ba… Rin-sensei, what are you doing here?" Bon looked like saying the words sensei and Rin in the same sentence were causing him physical pain. Normally, this would annoy Rin, but at the moment all that he could do was smirk evilly at the class. Several of his minions stepped back in evident fright.
Buahahahaha.
Rin made sure to keep the laugh internal. It wouldn't do to have a class run away on him, after all.
"As you all know," Rin began, walking around the students, "I am an Exorcist. I'm also your age. Rin Okumura, Middle First Class." Rin couldn't help but brag. Bon twitched, which didn't go unnoticed by Rin. Oh, this was going to be fun. "I've been training to be an Exorcist for the last ten years, and let me tell you, this business is not all fun and games." Rin revealed, finally stopping to stand before them all. "This isn't an anime. The good guys don't always win. This is war, and the only reason we haven't lost is because the bad guys think it's amusing to play with their food."
Bon, of course, was the one that bristled and looked ready to boil over.
"Sensei, with all do respect-"
"If Lucifer showed up and decided he didn't like this school, he would blow it and all of Tokyo right off the map, and we don't have a single damn Exorcist capable of stopping him." Rin cut across cooly.
It was the reality. It wasn't one he enjoyed learning, either. As one, the students fell silent. For some reason, the pink haired one had been startled by the name 'Lucifer' before calming again. Hm. Odd. Best to watch that one a little more closely.
"But- But, that's not really true, right? The Paladin-" Konekomaru sounded terrified. Rin his a wince. Perhaps he had been too blunt. Still, it was best to be blunt with these little brats. If they didn't understand the situation fully, then they'd be screwed the second they went on the field. Skill only gets you so far, after all.
"The Paladin can certainly harm Lucifer. I never said anything about harming. But stop?" Rin shook his head at the word. "Lucifer is the strongest of the Demon Kings for a reason. He's a fallen ArchAngel, which makes it a thousand times worse. You can blast him with holy weaponry all you want, all it will do is strengthen him."
Which was the truth, unfortunately. Holy weapons or light based weapons only made Lucifer stronger. That made a great deal of weapons wielded by the True Cross Order ineffective. Against almost any demon, attacking with those types of weapons would be the most effective tactic. Against Lucifer, you might as well be feeding him.
In an alternate universe, Sting Eucliffe sneezed.
Some of his little minions were starting to sweat. Good. They were slowly coming to understand the situation.
"My fellow teachers here would prefer I didn't tell this to you all. They'd prefer I ease you all in." Rin stated. "I don't approve of this method. This is your life, and all of you should understand the implications of what exactly were fighting against here. To be frank, the only reason we haven't fallen yet to the demons, ironically, is because there's a group of them helping us."
His class looked very uncomfortable at the words. At last, one of the students, meek and respectful, lifted her hand.
"Yes, Paku?" Rin asked the girl pleasantly. Ha! And Yukio said Rin wouldn't remember any of their names!
Paku looked rather uncomfortable to be put on the spot, which was unusual since the girl had literally brought the attention to herself by raising her hand. Regardless, she spoke, "But, Sensei, why would demons side with humans?"
"Ah! I'm glad you asked that!" Rin said, "Its simple, really: demons in truth need humans. Assiah and Gehenna are mirror worlds. Destroying one would destroy the other. It's human imagination that lets Gehenna even exist. It's inhabitants are more akin to conceptual beings given form than anything else."
"... Then why would a demon want to destroy Assiah?" trust Konekomaru to ask the logical questions.
Rin shrugged.
"Demons are based on concepts, and on human thought. It's what gave birth to them. They tend to skew towards the darker emotions as well. As such, you'll find demons that sympathize with mankind, and these commonly become the familiars of tamers, or you'll find demons that just want to watch the world burn." Rin answered.
Bon looked like he wanted to hit something over and over again until it was nothing more that a bloody unrecognizable smear on the ground.
"Like Satan!" he spat.
Rin resisted the urge to freeze.
Satan. The one major danger behind Rin becoming an Exorcist. Sure, Azazel was aware and he was higher up in the chain of command than even the Grigori, but Rin's status as Satan's son could derail their whole operation. Ironic, because said operation also simultaneously hinged on Rin's status as an Exorcist. And, of course, his first class just had to have victims of the Blue Night.
It wasn't even the fact that Satan was Rin's sperm donor that would have people freaking out. No. He doubted many would give a flying fuck. It was his blue flames that would concern them all. Their utter destructive properties made fear prevalent of them in every regard of the word.
Still…
Rin shook his head to Bon's statement, making the other glare.
"No, not Satan. Normally, I would agree, except for one tiny simple reason: in terms of Demonology, Satan might as well be a fetus in his mother's womb." Rin stated plainly. The class all froze at that.
"What- what do you mean, Rin-sensei?" Shima was the one that spoke this time. Hm. What was with that kid?
"Simple. A few years ago, Satan basically awoke to the reality that this world exists. Before, he was, just like the other demons, a concept. A Baal, if you will." Rin explained. "He's woken before, but other times he immediately fell back to sleep so it wasn't that big a deal. Last time, however… Some of you know exactly what happened last time."
"The Blue Night." Bon hissed with such fury that it was a surprise he wasn't spitting literal poison.
Rin nodded.
"Correct. The Blue Night was Satan's Awakening. And now, he's very, very awake. Even though he's awake, he's been aware of this world for so little time that to him, it's all wonderous and new. Satan himself won't be a threat to humanity unless he can find a suitable vessel. Otherwise, he'll stay trapped in Gehenna."
Nevermind the fact that Rin and Yukio both could count as very suitable vessels.
"Wait… If the Blue Night was his Awakening, how did he father the other Demon Kings?" Pokebrows- wait, no, that wasn't her name, Izumo- spoke.
"That- no one's been able to explain, actually. It's commonly assumed they were all conceived in Gehenna, however." Rin answered. "Now! We're getting off track. Way off track. Now that you guys have a rudimentary understanding of what it is we're fighting against, allow me to explain the purpose of this class!"
Rin turned around and strode towards the center of the room. Pulling a sword from his back, Rin spun and pointed it straight at the reactions ranged. Paku looked terrified. Bon looked like he wanted to tear Rin's throat out with his teeth. Hm. This would be amusing.
"The purpose of this class is to teach all of you self defense. Demons will try and kill you, regardless of what paths as Exorcists you all chose to take. Even if you chose the Doctor Meister and simply stick to the background, healing the wounded, you should at least now some rudimentary self defense." Rin spoke.
"And you're going to teach us that?" Bon sounded skeptical. Rin was starting to get annoyed. Oh, he'd have fun with this one. He just knew it. If Bon wanted to underestimate Rin, that was fine with him. Bon was the one who was going to end up fucked over in the end.
"Yes. Now, come at me. Show me what you've got so I know what I'm working with." Rin commanded.
For a moment, no one moved.
Then, at long last, Shima spoke.
"Er, one at a time or…?"
"All of you." Rin said.
Shima looked startled.
"All of us? But, sensei-"
Before Shima had finished, Rin was already on him. Out of seemingly thin air, Shima summoned a golden K'rik. Rin's sword clashed against it violently, dust blasting around them as Shima's arms nearly gave out from the first blow. He didn't see the kick aimed for his chest, which blasted him into his other classmates.
Several of them screamed.
Brandishing the sword, Rin spoke.
"Yes. All of you. Come at me with the intent to kill. Show me what you're worth."
Shima couldn't resist the urge to groan. Great. Just great. The more easygoing Okumura was going to be the more troublesome out of the pair, annoyingly. Just great.
Bon was the first to take the initiative. With a roar, the Myoo Dharani heir charged without a moment's hesitation, more than anything finding himself pissed and furious at the literally bored stare his sensei was shooting him, telling him that he wasn't enough. That he wasn't strong enough.
The same look people would shoot him when he bellowed out his ambition.
Bon would prove Rin wrong. He would prove them all wrong, because he was the one who would surpass Satan.
"..."
"..."
"Did you really have to hospitalize half the class, Rin?" Fujimoto sighed.
"I was testing their abilities!" Rin protested. "Besides, half is such an exaggeration! I only hospitalized Bon, Shima, and that creepy puppet dude!" he argued.
Fujimoto's face scrunched up in frustration. Shit. Well, he supposed he only had himself to blame.
He had been the one to argue that Rin would make a good teacher, after all.
