CHAPTER JYUU

Belial arrived at her classroom and stopped at the door, frozen. Damn, this feels like the first day all over again…why am I so nervous? It's not like I haven't gone to this class before or saw these same people's faces either. RRRRG, this is so stupid. Alright dumbass, just grab the handle, open the door and walk in like a boss. Everyone thinks I've been on a mission anyways…godwhatthefuckihatemyself… After a small while of mentally preparing herself to enter, Belial walked in and took her seat. As expected the classroom fell silent, Belial felt everyone's eyes staring at her, she hated it. She looked over at the boy sitting next to her, retarded happy smile on his face. It was Rin, he was obviously happy to see her, they were friends after all.

"Heyyy Bella-Chan, how was your mission? I bet it was really awesome. I'm right right?" wow Rin could talk a mile a minute if he'd tried.

"Uhm…I'm not permitted to talk about it…s-sorry." Belial took Mephisto's advice and didn't try to lie up a story. The only lie she agreed to was the fact that there wasn't a 'mission' in the first place. But what was she supposed to say?

"Oh so it was like a secret mission? That's way cool; you're like a secret agent or something!"

"Rin! You're getting ahead of yourself; I'm not a secret agent!"

"Yeah …I guess you're right. Sorry, that was stupid." The boy blushed a little of embarrassment.

"There's no need for an apology…"

"So the beautiful Bella comes back." Shima's voice ruined the moment of reunited friends.

"Yeah wha'dya think I'd be gone forever?" ugh, he's so annoying! Why'd he have to come over here?

"No, I'm just glad you're back is all." Shima's smile didn't make Belial happy or feel any type of warmness. She really disliked him.

"Why? We aren't friends." Spoken with brutal honesty without a grimace of remorse.

"Awww, don't say that, you're being mean."

"Shima…don't make me punch you again; and your pouting isn't cute. You're 16, act like it."

"You'll like me eventually Bella, you can't hate me forever, I'm too awesome for that." The pink haired boy gave a reassuring wink and walked back to his seat next to Ryuji and Miwa.

Belial let her head hit the desk. So much excitement on the first day back; I can't handle all this drama, or stress. She began thinking about the demon she just spent the last few days with, the demon who was just found to be her 'guardian's' brother; the demon who killed her parents. Letting her mind wander a circle in the carpet of her mind, she lost track of reality and began dozing off. Stress can wear a body down, the girl needed real rest. Belial wasn't normally a bad student; she'd never fallen asleep in class before. There's a first time for everything I guess.

Mephisto was sitting in his office planning his life lesson for his younger brother. He knew exactly what he wanted to do, but wasn't sure if Amaimon would play along with his little game; he was often disobedient when it came to Mephisto's strict orders. Mephisto sighed and began speaking to himself again.

"I'm going to have to buy him a new phone. Speaking of Amaimon…where is he I wonder?" that's right; I haven't saw him that angry with me before…guess I better go find him. He'll probably be attacked if he's noticed by any of the exorcists, then I'll get in trouble again. What a bother.

After a brief while, Mephisto found who he was searching for. Amaimon was sitting at the foot of a large tree, leaning against the trunk; his eyes were closed.

"Aniue…what do you want?" But he wasn't asleep.

"I just wanted to be sure you weren't getting into trouble."

"Ahhh…nope, I don't want to be a burden to you aniue."

"Why don't you come back with me? I wouldn't much like it if you were spotted."

"Hai…"

Seconds later, due to the magic keys, the two demon brothers were back in the headmaster's office. Mephisto still wanted to talk to his brother about the events of last night but was tense about aggravating his little brother again. Amaimon's temper had a short fuse.

"Are you still upset with me?" Mephisto was the first to talk, as usual.

"I'm not mad at you."

"…I see." Mephisto knew damn well his little brother was mad, maybe not now, but he was. "Do you still feel that humans are insignificant creatures?"

"Yes, humans are useless, weak creatures. They all deserve to die; they aren't strong enough to accomplish anything anyways so why keep them around?" Spoken without an inch of care or remorse, or at least that's what his emotionless voice tells.

"Alright, then Amaimon, I'm going to show you just how much these weak humans have to go through. We demons are better than they are, but that's not the point." Amaimon tilted his head to the side while Mephisto stood smiling, smug look covering his face.

"What do you mean aniue?" Amaimon was confused.

"Well little brother, for the next month, you will live like a human!"

Amaimon's eyes bugged a little, he didn't like that last verse at all. "HUH!"

"You will attend school as a student, get a job, live in an apartment, and everything else. And you must follow all the laws of this city and all the rules of the school." If Amaimon had a soul, it would've died right there.

"Why would I do that?"

"Because if you don't I will never come back to Gehenna. Besides, you're a demon, you're strong, right? It should be a walk in the park for you…right?" Mephisto was grinning evilly. "So, will you take my gamble?"

"How is it a gamble if it's one sided? And I get the feeling you won't come back home anyways…but fine, it'll be easy."

"Wonderful." Mephisto was more than excited to watch this all play out. His brother didn't know what he was getting himself into. Being a demon was easy, but being a human might be hard when you've been a demon your whole life. "Eins, Zwei, Drei!" there was a little puff of smoke and a box appeared before the both of them. "Here." Mephisto said pushing clothes towards Amaimon.

"What is this?" Amaimon asked.

"It's the school uniform, you must wear it if you're going to be a student. And over there are your books, schedule, and room number. You will also be attending the cram school so get yourself prepared. Don't let me down Amaimon."

"…that was fast, you we're going to make me do this anyways weren't you?" Now Amaimon was un-amused, but eager to prove his older brother wrong. Human's lives can't be that hard, stupid aniue; I'll show him just how simple it is. I'm a demon; this won't be hard at all.

"Alright Amaimon, here are the basic rules that aren't in the rule book-that you have to read- these rules are special for you, you have to walk everywhere, humans can't jump over buildings or trees, you can't have Behemoth with you even though most humans can't see him, because pets aren't allowed on school grounds. You can't use any of your demonic powers at all; you will be a human for the next 30 days. Got it? If you do anything that a normal human wouldn't be able to do, you lose." Mephisto winked and walked out the door twirling his umbrella.

Amaimon stood in Mephisto's office staring at the uniform in his hands; contemplating what he had just gotten into. I have to walk everywhere, that seems troublesome and time consuming. Why did brother make me do this? And I have to go to school, this is stupid, it won't be fun at all. Stupid aniue. Plus why do I have to go to the cram school? I'm a demon, why would I study to be an exorcist? And it's not like all the kids aren't going to remember me from the forest. Does he really think sending me to school with Rin is a good idea…Besides; the entire cram school thinks I'm dead… Ugh, this won't be fun at all. Putting on the uniform, Amaimon was fretting about having to stoop himself as low as a human. It irked him, but 30 days wasn't that long. He was sure it would end soon, and then he could show his brother that he was right.