Chapter 10:

Lunch Bet

The past days were great between Rin and Akane, the whole incident was totally forgotten and they were back to normal. They had spent a lot of time together watching movies, playing games and talking about anything that came up. Rin had even introduced Akane to Sheimi, the girl that Rin and Yukio saved. She now attending cram school with them and Akane couldn't help but think she was adorable.

But behind Akane's door, when she was alone she was practicing her control. Sometimes the water would freeze and in other moments her frustration got the better of her and the room would be covered in ice. Other times she would go to Mephisto's office, who would help her control both her fire and ice. Lately Akane was more tolerant to Mephisto, and he would tease less. They were starting to have a closer relationship and Akane didn't mind. She was actually strangely happy with their new found relationship.

"Agh!" she yelled pulling on her braid in frustration. Mephisto just chuckled, staring at her while sitting on his floating chair and sipping a cup of tea. Currently they were in the woods so Akane could have more space to practice her fire. "Don't laugh at me!" she yelled tilting her head up so she could have a better look at him. He just shrugged and continued to watch.

She opened her palm and concentrated. She tried doing what Mephisto had told her to do. She felt the flow of her inner fire run through her veins until running up her hand. It felt so different than her ice, with her ice she could feel the coldness run through her veins but with the fire it was hot.

She concentrated on making the flame appear. When she opened her eyes she saw a small flame appear but as quickly as it came it disappeared. She growled and the grass around her burnt into ashes. How could she be so strong be so weak at the same time? "Concentrate and breath." was the only thing Mephisto said.

She tried and tried again tiring herself with Mephisto staring at her only pointing out her flaws and this went on for hours without her knowing that someone was watching them.

Akane was laughing along with Sheimi over some stupid thing Rin had said about food. It was Demon Pharmaceutical class and Yukio was giving out tests. "I'm sure I did well!" Sheimi said excitedly, "I'm really good at this subject." Akane turned around to look at her and she smiled, "Your family owns an exorcist shop right?" She nodded happily as we awaited for Yukio to call on her.

"Miss Moriyama?" Shemi stood nervously and walked towards him in what she thought was 'confidence.' "Making up original names for plants is alright…" Yukio began as he gave her the exam, "but not on exams." He chuckled slightly while Sheimi looked gloomily at her grade; she had got a 41 on her best subject.

When she got back to her seat Rin began to laugh, "I thought you were good at this subject!" Akane rolled her eyes and smacked his arm, "Oh please I wouldn't be surprised if you get a 10 on the test!" Rin stared at her clearly offended by her statement but Akane only laughed and raised her eyebrow. "You probably got a 5!" was Rin's only comeback. Sheimi stared at their dispute with amusement, already forgetting about her grade. "Ha! Whoever gets the worse grade gets the other lunch for a week!" she said confidently; she had past hours studying for the test and she knew that she was going to win.

"Deal!" Just after they shook hands Rin's name was called. "I feel sick in my stomach." was the only thing that Yukio said as he pushed his glasses higher. "How much did you get Rin~?" Akane sang while fluttering her eyelashes, her hand under her chin. Rin just stood there staring at his test. As Akane giggled quietly Yukio had already called out another name. "Mr. Suguro."

A he rose and passed Rin staring at him with disgust, "I couldn't do that bad even if I tried." He only stared at the tough student in surprise, "You're too busy flirting with the girls. You disgust me." Akane scowled and grounded her teeth together, fighting the urge to punch the rooster looking guy. Oh please as if he's serious… Akane thought to herself as they all watched rooster dude (as Akane already nicknamed him) get his test results.

"Well done, mr. Suguro." Suguro turned his exam towards the blue eyed boy with a smirk on his face. 98. He got a 98. Akane glared daggers at him but Rin just started spluttering like an idiot. "A-A guy like you got a 98? That's impossible!" That obviously got on Suguros nerves as he began yelling at Rin about being a hard worker which Akane really didn't feel like hearing.

Akane ignored their dispute as she walked to Yukio and grabbed her exam from his hands. "Hey rooster! You got a 98? PFF I couldn't do that bad even if I tried!" she retorted as she showed her test to the fighting boys. Suguro was fuming at her while the rest gawked at her in surprise. "How- How did you manage to get a 100?!" Rin stuttered. She only smiled in his direction and winked.

The bell for lunch rung making the fight disperse as everyone was desperate to leave the class. "You owe me lunch blue eyes!" She laughed as he pouted and dragged his backpack out of the classroom.

Authors Note:

I am probably the worst writer in the world! Sorry for the suuuuuuper late update :( It's short but I hope you like it. BTW this is all from the manga so if it doesn't match the anime that's probably why :) I can't find a transcript of the anime so I'm referring to the manga for now. I hope you liked! Shiemi is finally apart of it!

Thanks for the reviews and to everyone who faved and followed the story!

Please review and sorry again!

~ .okumura