The eight demon queens
chapter 2
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"Hello class," Grinned Mephisto as 'he' arrived into class surprising everyone there present, especially Rin, who had merely arrived a week ago. "I came here to give a very important announcement."
"What announcement director?" Asked Yukio, who felt something big was about to happen. Bigger than becoming a teacher or having Rin as a brother, scratch that nothing compares to that.
"Simply Okumura-sensei, I came to tell you that a new student will join the Exwires class today!" Mephisto's grin got bigger upon seeing everyone's shocked look.
"What? A new student?" Yukio developed a double take before getting serious once again. "Why wasn't I told about this before?"
"Ah yes, about that, it's because we recently finished the paperwork for her, and so we didn't have much time to tell you beforehand."
"I...see."
"Anyway, let me introduce you all Egyn Pheles, my familiar!" 'he' declared as said girl walked in while wearing the girls uniform.
The class had a dread feeling at the piece of info. If she was related to Mephisto, things may end up a little bit more crazy than they already are. Or just as crazy.
"She's my sister's kid aka my niece. So please make her feel welcome." finished Mephisto who left the class. 'Time to read that new manga.'
"Welcome to True Cross Academy, I think you'll like it here." replied Yukio holding her hand out, but saw Egyn shy away from it. "Alright, well please take any available seat in the class and we can start."
Egyn was situated right next to Rin before anyone even saw her move, something akin to a superhuman.
The students were in awed while Yukio chuckled at her shy nature. She went back to starting the lesson for the entire class.
Egyn merely blocked the looks situated at her out while looking at the desk. She could practically feel her red face as her gaze drifted to Rin. She saw his face begin to turn towards her and quickly looked back at the desk. Right now she needed to get more bold while also staying close to her brother.
Meanwhile Rin was looking at Egyn with a curious look upon his face because he felt something...familiar about her, like when he was around his sister and, weirdly enough, Mephisto, which made him wonder if she was a demon like him, and if she was, why would he feel like that.
But before he could ask her, he was called by his sister.
"Rin, can you tell me the answer to the question?" Asked an annoyed Yukio, who didn't liked how much Rin kept staring at Egyn. 'Really Rin, please stop looking at her and look at me!'
"E-Eh? Which was the question?" Asked Rin after snapping out of his trance, making most of the present laugh and Yukio to sigh in disbelief.
"The question was 'What is an effective way to kill the demon known as a vampire?'"
"Oh, that." Rin scoffed, the question was actually an easy one because he saw many monster movies in his childhood. "There are several ways actually: One is to put them in sunlight, which will turn them into ash unless they're stronger, to which you would have to stab their heart with a nail or find a way to completely destroy their heart and/or head."
"That's...very impressive." Yukio said surprised alongside everyone else.
"Unless the vampire can shine sparkles under sunlight, from which then you would have to completely vaporize their bodies so that they can never revive or spread the disease of stupidity."
All the guys agreed with Rin on that one since they hated the book with a passion.
'And there he goes again.' Sighed the teacher knowing that her brother was disgusted with a movie that she accidentally chose YEARS AGO! And it wasn't even good!
Egyn smiled at Rin's answer and nearly giggled, but held it in for fear of embarrassment. She knew that they needed to show him the dark side of humans, which is what she would do. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the sword that kept Rin's demon powers under wraps, Kurikara. It would be so easy for her to take it and unsheathe it.
Everyone would see Rin as a demon, and he would see their dark attitudes toward him.
She felt her hand move close to the sword on his back, but pulled away. No, if she did that, Rin would lose trust in her, and that made her sad. She needed to show him the true darkness of humanity willingly.
What she quickly took notice of though was the other girl that sat besides HER brother. She wore the basic uniform for girls at the academy, the same one Egyn wore, and had a noticeable large bust.
Egyn looked down at her own chest and back at the girls. Her brother wouldn't be interested in those. She is just like the rest of them. Cold, cruel and unfeeling. All she needed was a way to prove it.
"Oh, hello there!" The mentioned girl said as she looked at Egyn, "My name is Shiemi! It's a pleasure to meet you Egyn-chan!" She smiled as Egyn looked at her surprised, before the latter noticed that Shiemi was different from the other humans, which made her worried since she was a 'pure' hearted human, and if she became Rin's friend, then it would make it harder for her to convince him to join Gehenna.
"Hey, are you ok?" Shiemi's question snapped Egyn of her thoughts as she looked in surprise at the blonde and Rin, who was looking curiously too, which made her feel embarrassed before she answered.
"I-I'm fine...really..." She said in a whisper, "It's just...that I haven't had much contact with people..."
"Really?" Asked Rin in surprise. "I thought that since Mephisto was your uncle, you would be as...crazy as him."
His answer made her laugh with a blush on her face.
"O-Oh yeah, well, uncle Mephisto was always...that hyperactive...ever since he was a child." She said remembering how much chaos her sister did when they were children. Especially pranks on her involving a crab in her pants. 'That really hurt.'
"Somehow I'm not surprised." Bon said as the rest laughed, and Egyn couldn't help but laugh too.
But the happy moment was interrupted by a loud cough from the center of the room.
"Settle down everyone. We'll be heading over to the science lab to meet with with the head science teacher so you can learn how they manage the weapons most of us use to combat demons." replied Yukio who began to walk out the door with the rest of the class following.
Egyn knew that Beelzebub was in charge there, so maybe she could give her some tips for the possible future. She noticed how close Rin and Shiemi stood together as the class moved out and suddenly, her pupils grew small and her lips formed a thin line. She was trying SO hard not to throw the girl out the window right now.
The only thing keeping her was her cover, and she didn't want Rin to see that side of her, yet.
'You stay away from my brother. He's mine. MINE!' screamed Egyn in her head as she was the last one to leave the class as they headed towards the science room.
Soon the group managed to get to the science lab to meet with the head science teacher, and upon seeing her, many of the guys blushed with open mouths while the girls looked at her in slight envy due to her voluptuous figure.
Beelzebub just smirked upon seeing everyone's reactions, especially Rin's since the mentioned half demon was blushing a storm. 'Score~!' She thought before getting serious, "Well, hello there~! My name is Beelzebub Pheles, the head scientist teacher and the one responsible for your weapons to be working at their tiptop shape against demons. If you have any questions please tell me about it. I'll answer the best I can!" She finished cheerfully.
'She's...a very good actress.' Egyn thought because if it wasn't for the fact that they were sisters, she would have thought that her sister was actually an angel in disguise.
"Question, are you related to Mephisto and single?" asked Shima wanting to know like the rest of the guys.
"Yes, I'm his daughter actually." replied Beelzebub who silently cheered as most of the boys grew nervous.
By giving off the knowledge of being Mephisto's daughter, the boys would most likely stay away from her.
"And yes, I'm single." 'But not for long.' thought Beelzebub as she gazed at Rin. She saw Egyn and knew to keep quiet about what was going on, but knew she could have some fun.
"Egyn-chan! It's so good to see you again!" Beelzebub held Egyn against her chest, which elicited a smile from most of the guys and a confused look on Egyn's face that wasn't seen by the class. "Egyn and I use to play all the time. Like the time we played hide n seek and she got stuck in a tree. The squirrels were not happy." chuckled Beelzebub whose laugh caused the males to swoon again and to cause Egyn to silently glare at her sister.
'Lying about me is one thing, but saying something like that in front of Rin-chan? IT'S ON!' thought the queen of water with revenge.
CRASH!
The room went quiet as the doors were smashed opened by a figure flying in and crashing into Bon.
"Ow...note to self. Never attempt to summon Salamander familiars with alcohol." Groaned the figure while getting up. "Is everyone alright?"
"Yes, just fine." nodded Beelzebub as everyone saw the figure was a woman with blonde hair in a bun and with a lab coat like hers. "Everyone, this is my sister Astatine Pheles."
"Hi." She waved. "As my sister said I'm Astatine Pheles and I'm your Demonology teacher. And no I'm not crazy," a bat with a single eye came out of her sleeve. "Well not as crazy as other scientists but I'm not crazy like my sister here."
Beelzebub giggled which made some of the guys swoon while she gave her sister a pat on her hair. "Aw, isn't she cute? And very self conscious. Oop! Did I say that outloud?"
"You did." She frowned. "So what are you guys learning? Is it how to summon fox spirits with liver?"
"No, but Miss Izumo here is able to summon her own fox familiars." spoke Yukio.
"Then you summoned them with liver right? Because all fox spirits love being treated with the stuff, especially liver from a freshly killed Tanuki."
"Um...no." she shook her head.
She groaned. "Then they will not listen and call you a bitch behind your back. Trust me, I know about it." 'Thanks a lot Himiko of the fox spirits! You old bitch!'
"Well since your class isn't this one, stand aside." smiled Beelzebub pushing her to the side.
"Just tell me." She frowned. "I might help you know."
"You and her can talk WHEN your class is up next." she turned to the others. "She's also been very stubborn."
"Like you after that drinking party two years ago." 'Good times, I wonder if Rin will like drinking?'
"Any questions?" asked Beelzebub ignoring her sister.
"So, how do the exorcists weapons work against demons?" Asked a curious Izumo, bringing everyone's attention to her.
"Easy, you send them to Gehenna or heaven. Depends on religion." Astatine said while noticing she was being ignored. 'Humans.'
"Well the weapons are blessed with several holy seals and put under holy grail shortly after creation so that they can be more resistant to demonic influence." And so Beelzebub went on about how the weapons were created with everyone listening.
Mostly the girls and Rin since the other boys looked at Beelzebub and Astatine with loose grins.
"So do any of you children have a specialized weapon?" Asked the queen of insects with a grin as the exorcists with weapons answered.
"I have a holy staff!" Said a happy Shima showing his staff.
"I have my guns." Yukio said showing her guns.
"I...I have my sword" Rin said nervously showing his wrapped sword, making everyone look at him curiously.
"Seriously? Then why haven't you used it before in front of us?" Asked Bon as the other Exwires nodded, making the half demon and Yukio nervous while inwardly the queens were grinning, hoping that their sibling saw how humanity truly was like.
"If...if Rin doesn't want to reveal his weapon..." Said Egyn catching everyone's attention, "It's p-probably because he has a very good reason...no?" She finished as Bon reluctantly nodded before he and the others exwires looked away, but Rin, Yukio and Shiemi looked at her thankful, making her blush.
'Still, if he did, these humans would probably attack him. I can't let that happen. Not one bit.' thought Egyn who hid a dark smile from everyone.
'That was close. This girl is pretty good in my book.' thought Rin.
'Egyn-chan really is nice. If Rin doesn't want to show his weapon, that's alright.' thought Shiemi with a smile.
'That was way too close. That Egyn girl is pretty nice, but she has this strange feel around her. Almost like, Rin.' thought Yukio who felt that there was more to this girl than meets the eye.
"Is it my turn?" Astatine asked.
"Yes, go right ahead and tell them what you teach."
She grinned while pulling out a large book from her sleeve. "Ok, today I'll teach you how to summon your inner self using a silver mirror, chocolate milk and blood!"
"...huh?" responded the class with question marks over their heads.
"Basically, one can bring out their inner selves temporarily using a ritual I found in this book." She showed them a book called Demonology for Dummies: Atlantis edition on it. "And when one gets it right you can better understand yourself and improve your life." 'Or show them what you are. Cold evil beings with hate filled souls! Muahaha!'
Thunder was heard from outside.
'She's being a show off again.' thought Beelzebub.
"And don't worry it's all safe. Unless you're allergic to milk then you can just stay out of the ritual." She said while grabbing some silver and a large bottle of chocolate milk.
"Wait if this is an ancient ritual, then why does it all for chocolate milk?" Asked Bon.
"Because the alternative was human blood mixed with alcohol from a dead man." Astatine grinned. "Plus I find milk dyed brown works just as well."
'That makes no sense.' thought most of them.
She placed the mirrors on the ground while drawing a pentagram on the ground. "Now just stick yourself with something sharp, put it on the mirror and I'll put the milk in. But remember, concentrate on the the most important part of your life."
"And if we don't?"
"Then you'll be dead faster than a rat in a peanut butter trap." She said while putting the milk in the mirrors. "Now the blood."
No one moved an inch since they felt it would be a bad idea.
"No takers? Alright, but keep that in mind when go through the book." she warned. 'Damn it! I was trying to get the humans to show their inner selves! Damn it all!'
"Hiss." Spoke a flying snake that flew out of her shoe and looked at her with hate.
"Oh….um hi."
CHOMP!
"GAH!" She screamed as it bit her on the face while she ran around in a panic before running out of the room. "DAMN YOU MEXICAN FLYING SNAKE!"
'This just turned weird.' They thought with a sweatdrop.
