A/N: There's going to be an Extra at the bottom to celebrate 10k words of my blood sweat and tears. XD
Chapter Ten: The Devil and the Sadist.
"What is this?"
Rias smiled invitingly. "Its your personal training grounds for the Six Descendants. This is the one in your country; the training grounds in Japan are much bigger than this."
Yin cringed a little. "Can we call ourselves something cooler?"
"I like the idea of 'Six Deadly Sins'," Shang said, surveying the earthy plains with rocky surroundings.
The four of them nodded in unison before asking. "So what do we do now?"
The Occult Club members shrugged. "We're waiting for the rest of us. Kiba, Xenovia, Asia and Azazel-Sensei have yet to arrive."
"Right on time, Rias."
Just as they said it, a portal appeared, causing Devin and Yin to jump while Shang and Jino shrugged casually. Out stepped the handsome blonde, two beautiful girls and a young man with dark blonde hair.
"Sweet! I call shotguns on that pretty blonde girl there," Winked Jino.
"You are not touching Asia!" Snapped Issei, whose fists were clenched already.
"Break it up, you two!" Rias commanded, and they immediately stopped, but the brunette continued to glare at the fourteen-year old who had started talking to Devin.
Akeno Himejima emerged with a small jar containing small slips of paper. "Time to pick your trainers, four of you. Asia and Azazel are sitting out, since Asia-chan will be set for healing and Azazel will watch and supervise all of you. Each one of you, pick one each first."
The four classmates stared at each other before doing a silent motion of rock-paper-scissors until...
"Ya-Ha! I win!" Jino smirked triumphantly.
"I pick next," Yin said, clearly not contended.
"I'm third," Shang replied while all heads tilted to a sour-looking Devin, clearly showing his displeasure without words.
The female delinquent sighed and looked sorry for the poor boy. He didn't have a good chance for a trainer, let alone polish his new skills. "I'll let you have my turn, Dev. I want you to get a good trainer, at least."
Devin looked as if he could have kissed Yin (Thank goodness he didn't) while he grinned at Jino.
The playboy walked up confidently and grabbed the first piece of paper.
Hyodou Issei.
He felt as if every cell and ounce of life had left him. Of all the people and chances and slips of paper, it had to be Hyodou Issei! The Welsh Dragon Emperor! The one who wanted to be Harem King with no avail! And the one who clearly had a bone to pick with this playboy!
"Don't say it; I can tell what you got, it's clearly no beautiful girl," Devin stopped his best friend from crumbling to ash whilst glaring angrily at Issei, who did so likewise. He went on to pick his piece.
"Alright! I got Akeno-san!" The gamer-boy punched the air happily while the vice-president giggled cheerfully. "Yin, remind me to buy you lunch later; you're seriously the best!"
Jino growled in frustration. "Why?!"
"I can't say I'm not happy for Devin, but bear in mind that although she may be of help in long-distance training, she is the ultimate sadist. She's not going to show you any mercy," Shang had already picked his paper. "Xenovia-san?"
The bluenette bowed politely towards him. "I will be in your care, Shang."
The playboy looked like he could cry. "First Dev and now Shang. Please don't tell me..."
Yin gulped as Akeno rattled the jar playfully. Her fingers snapping up a small slip, she nervously unfolded it. Kiba Yuuto.
"Ah, Kiba," She stared at the handsome blonde, who smiled charmingly at her. "Well, I guess he could help me in sword practice; I want to improve that."
"No jealousy? Well, Kiba is a guy after all," Shang commented.
Devin rolled his eyes. "If you knew Yin well enough you'd know she has a crush on Hui."
Her face immediately flared up, as red as a fire engine as all the blood rushed to her face and head. "H-How'd you know?" She had to force herself to remain composed while Jino gaped at her; he also held quite the affection for the petite girl.
"Please, I can tell by the way you text in class, at our workbench during Design and Tech class, and sometimes when you're with her," He said. "It may not be that obvious, but it's still true."
"Alright, enough," Rias said with a sigh. "The winner of rock-paper-scissors and the person third in place, pair up." Jino and Shang stood beside each other immediately, anticipating her next movements. "So it would seem that Koneko-chan and I are left. Both pairs will choose one of us and start training with each other. Yin, come up and pick for yourself and Devin."
She stumbled over carelessly and grabbed the top paper, dazedly. "Rias Buchou-san."
"Yosha! Great job! The president is going to coach us personally!" Devin acted like Tiger Woods had hit a hole-in-one (A/N: What is wrong with me XD)
Jino shrugged. "I'm not complaining; I've got Xenovia and Koneko. I'll be learning some sweet combat skills."
"Now, let's start practice."
"Why this!?"
"Never mind that, start running before we get struck!"
Akeno watched with a smiling face as the duo sped around the field, tied to a stack of rubber tires around their waist while running. "Ufufu. If you don't start picking up the speed, my lightning will get you~"
"GODDAMMIT! ORRYAA!"
"Alright, time for a break- Yin, you look..."
The exhausted pair gave him a look that silenced him.
"Ufufu, they've worked hard. I'm sure their speed and agility has increased from my little punishment~" Akeno propped the two seemingly-lifeless beings against a bench as she poured out some tea. "Yin may not have had much speed, but she certainly has the determination, strength and durability to last throughout the fun. Devin's speed is decent, but he'll still have to continue training."
"Jino if I die, tell my parents that I loved them," Devin groaned softly. Yin couldn't even lift her cup properly for a drink, "So what did you guys do?"
"Koneko-chan broke my spine at least twenty times when I didn't do my combat drills properly," Jino grumbled as he sipped the scalding tea with small mouthfuls. "Shang is still training with Xenovia on his sword skills. I won't ask; I'm sure all you two did was get tortured by Akeno."
Rias walked over with a grey-haired maid pushing a trolley of snacks.
"Dammit, even the Gremory Household has hot maids," Jino scowled, wincing in pain when he tried to flex his arms. "Pres, what are you doing here?"
"This is Grayfia. She's here to give you guys something to eat before you continue your training, and she is also my brother's Queen and wife."
All three of them dropped their teacups, frozen in a state of shock at the words "My brother's Queen and wife". All except Jino who seemed surprised and couldn't have held his teacup due to his strained muscle. They however, had different reasons to be shocked.
"You have a brother?" Devin gawked.
"Your sister-in-law is a maid?" Yin gasped.
"Your brother's Queen is the 'Strongest Queen'?" Jino gaped.
Grayfia's nod confirmed their shocking suspicions, causing all three of them to slump against the wall and bench in disbelief.
Meanwhile, Shang had taken a break when he caught sight of his classmates in their frozen state of shock with tea dribbling down their clothes and onto the floor, clearly confused.
Extra! 10.5: The Devil is A Scandalous Pickup-Liner?!
(A/N: This takes place sometime during the day Yin discovered her powers and before she knew that Shang, Jino and Devin were devils.)
As usual, the two troublemakers of the class were bored before their club activities.
Jino and Yin usually did not hang out much before this, but since Jino's senior and best companion, Terra, and Yin's friends were all busy with one thing or another, they invited Shang and Devin (who was forcefully dragged along reluctantly despite having plans for a free afternoon) to eat with them at a nearby Italian family restaurant.
"I'm bored. This sucks," Jino grumbled, stirring his straw in a glass of root beer. "Eh? Isn't that our new teachers?"
He lifted a finger and stabbed it in the direction of three young but rather beautiful ladies as they made their way to a table nearby. One was a rather tanned young lady with long, dark brown hair, large eyes and make-up, another a smiling teacher with light honey-brown hair tied in a ponytail and the other a straight-faced woman, her own soft, brown hair cut short with her fringe in loose strands accompanied with rimless glasses on her nose.
Devin chewed his pizza slice enviously. "I heard they're taken. Miss Arianna's already got some Indian guy engaged to her, and Chouno-Sensei has a boyfriend. I've seen them both and they sure are something."
"But Yayoi-Sensei is single, right?" Commented Yin, scooping a mouthful of rice into her mouth. Yayoi Shin was a half-Korean who worked as the school principal's secretary, which seemed to have held her back numerous times way after closing school hours, from what the four of them had heard. Despite the seven/eight year gap between them Yin found a fondness for Yayoi, or perhaps it was admiration for her blatant, strict, no-nonsense, and sometimes-sarcastic behaviour. "So if you really want to date her, then just go for it."
"Woah, you sure don't pull the strings back at love. Do you not realize the age gap?" Grinned Jino, gulping from a can of energy drink.
"If you really loved someone, you wouldn't care about the age or gender or whatever they're used to or do, right? It's easy to fall in love with their good sides, but the real test is to accept their flaws," Scowled Yin.
Shang smiled. "Why don't you go show it to us, then?"
"What?" Before Yin could decipher whatever Shang was up to, Devin and Jino had already caught the ball and was running along with it, pushing the delinquent towards the teachers' table.
Yayoi looked up acidly. Arianna and Chouno was at the free flow of drinks. "Ah, the delinquent troublemaker girl of 2-C. What business do you have with me?"
Sheesh, she sure is giving me the cold shoulder, Yin tried not to scowl. "Shin-Sensei, how much do polar bears weigh?"
"Well..." She seemed taken aback, trying to read through the stony-faced delinquent by keeping her equally straight face. "I don't know."
What does the troublemaker want with me? Surely I'm not going to be a target of her teacher bullying. If she tries anything I'll-
To her surprise, the usually dark-faced and serious girl broke into a sheepish grin. "They're enough to break the ice. My name's Yin, by the way."
"Ah, I know that," Yayoi couldn't help but feel much more at ease; in fact, she found it cute for some reason, despite the part of her saying that things like these were usually stupid attempts at flirting. "I'm... Really not interested in dating yet. Although..." She looked up at Yin curiously.
She sighed. "Yeah, I'm into girls. Sorry for bothering you, Shin-Sensei."
"Oh, by the way," Yin turned around just as she headed towards the table. "That line... Was actually cute. Thank you." She felt herself blushing as the delinquent gave her a playful grin before waving off.
Chouno reached the table before the other teacher did, her ponytail swaying gently. "Uwah, Yayoi-Sensei, your face is kind of red. What did Yin say to you?"
Yayoi felt her face redden even more at the thought of the pickup line; her ears were probably the shade of a tomato already. "Nothing, really."
"Hmm, well I've taught her in primary school. She's a rather wild one, but she's got this unexpectedly caring side of her. Best to get on her good side, no?"
"Mm."
But Yayoi's heart skipped a beat as she continued her work for the rest of the day, thinking of Yin whilst unaware of the truly, and literally, devilish side of the young rebel as she walked along side with her classmates back to school, a smug grin on her face.
A/N: Please remember Yayoi; she will make an appearance soon in this story!