Chapter Eleven.

As everyone prepared for bed later on that evening, Rin and Yukio were already dozing off on the large double bed, when Rin blinked and sat up, "hang on, Shinji, where will you be sleeping? Isn't this your bed?"

The be-winged man was currently helping Shiemi lay out the futons on the floor, he stopped and looked up, "me? Oh don't worry about that, I don't sleep."

"What?" Frowned Rin confused, "everyone sleeps. Even that clowny bastard Mephisto, sleeps."

"Well, if you worked out what I am, then you'd know why I don't sleep," teased Shinji, sticking out his tongue. "Now, Shiemi, are the futons comfortable enough? I can make them thicker while I'm here."

"Oh, they are just fine, thank you very much," blushed the delicate blond. "Thank you for letting us all stay together."

"Its nothing," shrugged Shinji as Izumo came out of the bathroom. "I'm surprised that students of the Cram School don't already live together."

"Normally the classes aren't this big," yawned Yukio, sitting up and leaning on Rin sleepily. "When I was going to Cram school there was only me and two others." Rin shifted slightly so Yukio could lean more comfortably on his shoulder, but didn't say anything, just smiled shyly and avoided any ones gaze.

"Okay, but considering the circumstances, would it still not be better for you all?" Asked Shinji, innocently. "Seeing as I'm going to be training you all soon, I don't want you all to have to keep going to all four corners of the campus to get to bed."

"We're still supposed to be normal students," pointed out Izumo as she sat down on the futon next to the wall, Shiemi was on her other side. "We still have to get decent grades in our normal classes too."

"How odd..." said Shinji lightly, then he shrugged to himself. "But then again, its not like I've ever done the whole 'school' thing, it must have made sense to someone. Oh well, we'll have to see how things progress over the next few weeks."

"The way your talking," began Bon, looking up from the book in his hands. He was the only one still researching Divino before they all tucked in for the night, "you make it sound like we're going to be living in that old dorm of their's, whether we want to or not."

"I wouldn't make any of you do anything you didn't want to!" Insisted Shinji as he stood up and moved over to pick a book off of the shelf before he headed to his over-large armchair and sat down. "I don't want it said later on that you were forced to do anything. It has to all be your own choices, or it won't work."

"Your as bad as Mephisto," complained Yukio, frowning lightly even as he continued to lean on Rin. "He's always got a plan and I think your involved with him, your both planning something."

"Me?" Blinked Shinji, feigning surprise.

"Well you were the one," said Konekomaru, stepping out of the bathroom now dressed for bed, but he'd been listening in still. "That said that the balance of the worlds had to be maintained, that it was time for Gehenna to have a new God, before Satan destroys everything, including himself."

"Trust an Aria to remember it nearly word for word," whined Shinji flatly, fiddling with a piece of hair.

"So you are planning something," accused Yukio, subtly shifting closer to Rin. "Why can't people just leave us alone?"

"Excuse me," objected Shinji coldly, the playful smile gone from his features. "That's why I made you the offer, the only offer you guys were ever going to get to lead a peaceful life."

"It wouldn't work," said Rin stubbornly, frowning slightly. "We're the children of Satan, what ever makes you think people are just gonna leave us alone to live in peace?" He snorted with disgust, "its better to go at the world fighting, then try to hide and live in peace, cuz you'll always be scared of someone finding you. Anyway, I don't want to hide, I wanna help my brother and my friends, I want to fight with them and help put things right in this stupid world."

Shinji's expression softened slightly, "okay okay," he soothed. "If you can say all of that with a straight face, and still have all your friends ready to go to Gehenna with you, then maybe you do know what your talking about."

"Wait, what?" Blinked Rin, "what do you mean, go with us?"

"This isn't news to me," chimed in Yukio, his chin resting on Rin's shoulder.

"We told you," explained Shima from where he was lying on his futon, manga book open in front of him. "When you asked what we were arguing about. And I said, that we were trying to work out a way for us to get to Gehenna. You heard me, but I guess you didn't listen properly."

"Hey! Well... I was... distracted!" Complained the demon, his tail sticking up in the air with annoyance. There was a sleepy meow from behind him and Rin turned his head and apologized softly to the cat Sith that had been sleeping on the pillows.

"Either way children," interrupted Shinji as Rin opened his mouth again to continue the argument. "Its time for bed. I'm going out on patrol now, so you'll all be in here together, un-chaperoned. My my, you better all behave."

"Its fine," reassured Bon dryly, putting in a book mark before tucking the book away on top of a pile. "The only real perv is Shima and he'll probably pass out if he actually touched a girls boobs."

This caused a faint uproar at the pink haired boy tried to defend himself and Bon ignored him, while Shiemi blushed brightly and Izumo tried to reassure her -in her usual, not very friendly way- that they would be fine.

"Okay okay," shushed Shinji, standing up and moving past the line of futons and towards the doors. "Your all upstanding gentleman and honorable women of virtue, even the two demon spawn on the bed."

Rin chuckled and pulled a face, making sure to stick his tongue out and show his fangs while Yukio looked pained for a moment, before he shook his head and smiled thinly.

"Good night Little Princes," said Shinji as he clicked his fingers and the lights went off. "Good night, Loyal Entourage."

Darkness filled the room until every ones eyes adjusted to the faint light filtering in from the street lights outside, and the light reflected off of the scattered clouds. There was a faint squeak at the balcony doors were swung shut-to at last behind Shinji, followed by the rustling sound of many feathers. Then there was the faint noise of people shifting under blankets and getting comfortable before silence finally descended, and that seemed to be it.

"Loyal Entourage my ass!" Said Bon angrily to the darkness around them.

The darkness erupted in giggles and laughter.