Author's Note: I'm so sorry for the wait!

I sighed as I hefted the bag up on my arm, staring down the street as my eyes fought against the glare. Damn, what the hell is taking them so long? I glanced back at the house for a moment when the sound of an engine caused me to glance back to my right…

"Holy shit!" I jumped back off the street as the pink limo screeched up, stopping right where I had just been standing.

"Damn it! Watch where you're going! Are you blind?" I glared daggers at the car, practically feeling the vein in my forehead ready to pop. And who the hell drives a pink limo?

The door opened as someone stepped out. "Well, well, the sun has come out!" I stared, shocked, at the man from before, Mephisto. Aww, that explains so much. "A glorious day befitting a new departure, wouldn't you say?" "Jeez, what is with that car? And how were you able to get me in to True Cross Academy?" He smiled at that, pointing a finger somewhat to the sky as he answered. "You see, in my official capacity I serve as the director of True Cross Academy." I stared at him incredulously. "Huh?" He turned to look at me with somewhat of an evil grin. "And you are to become a student as of today, as was our deal if you were able to pass the exam."


"Sorry to keep you waiting." I spun around at Yuki as she walked up to us. "Now we don't have to be apart, Rin." "Yuki? When did you get here?" She smiled at me. "I arrived this morning. I wanted to see Father's grave one more time." Then she looked Mephisto. "Thank you for taking care of us, Mr. Faust."

Faust? "I turned to the weird man—demon?— and asked, "But I thought your name was Mephisto?" He leaned in, putting a hand up to hide his mouth from Yuki as he whispered, "Johann Faust the Fifth. My official name…so to speak."

My mouth turned down in confusion and irritation, maybe a little disbelief, while Yuki just stood there with a stupid little smile on her face as the freak whipped his cape behind himself and pointed in the direction he'd come. "Now then, let's be off! To True Cross Academy!"


The ride was really awkward. All I could do was sit there quietly and think while Mephisto whistled endlessly and Yuki read quietly.

What is going on? I stared slightly at Mephisto. I thought I was supposed to be becoming an exorcist.

"What the hell." Yuki looked up from her book or whatever it was. "What's the matter?" I quickly looked away, silently reprimanding myself for having said that out loud. "Oh, nothing…" "Okay…Well, did you go to Father's grave?" My eyes widened in a little guilt. "Uh…no…" She smiled kind of sympathetically. "Oh, you're hopeless." Then she turned back to reading her book.

I watched her suspiciously for a moment.


"Now then, we shall soon be arriving at the center of True Cross Academy Town."

I glanced out the window and my eyes widened in shock.

It was huge! It was like all the buildings were stacked all on top of each other in tiers like a cake…a really, really large cake, with more and more buildings spreading out around it.

"Welcome to True Cross Academy!" I stared in surprise as he announced, "Every learning facility under the sun can be found right here in Academy Town. Please study to your heart's content."


As we pulled up to a large golden building with a green roof, he stated, "Now then, Rin. Please change into your uniform." My eyes were probably about to pop out of my head as I looked at him before practically growling, "Oh come on, NOW you're telling me?"

He just smiled while looking away a little bit, his fingers slightly over his eyes. "Oh, don't worry. I promise I won't look." I glared at him while Yuki sat forward a little bit so as to hide me from him a little bit. "It's fine, Rin. Just hurry." I sighed before turning my back on them and pulling out my uniform from my bag.


I sighed again as I finished buttoning up the white dress shirt before sliding on the blackish blazer.

A laugh came from Mephisto and I glanced over at him. He just gives me that creepy grin. "I just thought that was the right thing to send." I nod as I take in the uniform I'm wearing.

I was wearing what the males wore: a button up white shirt and the blazer, just no tie, but I was wearing a black skirt that barely reached my knees rather than pants or those ugly pink skirts for the girls.


I glanced at Yuki as I finished pulling back on my black boots. Yuki still won't ask me anything…

"Hey, Yuki. Isn't it shocking...a screw up like me going to True Cross Academy, just like you?" She kind of smiled at me. "No…I told you…You're worth more than you think."

Author's Note: I refuse to have Rin wear what those other girls wear (some people may try to say that she is out of uniform but she has a 'pass' or whatever you want to call it because Mephisto gave her the uniform to begin with). And Yuki wears the same thing she does in the anime, because she's in the advanced classes or because she's a highranking exorcist