The eight demon queens
chapter 3
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In the highest tower of True Cross Academy is where we see Mephisto and her other sisters as they were watching the events going on with a special tv monitor Mephisto had built into her office.
"So close. If that sword was gone, Rin will be shown in his true form. Which means those humans will shun him, thereby showing him how heartless they are."
"I agree, but that brings up the question. Mephisto, why exactly did you give Rin the sword in the first place?" Spoke Lucifer with a raised eyebrow.
"Because Shiro made me do it shortly after he was born because he believed that Rin could be raised as a human." Mephisto said remembering that day when they found out about Rin's mother death shortly after giving birth to both children, and how the old paladin exorcist was about to kill them when Rin laughed, which made Shiro have a change of heart and Mephisto see how cute her new brother was. "But even so that saved Rin-chan's life that day."
The others nodded remembering that day as well, specially when their father Satan all but caused many deaths that night which was soon known as the night of the Blue Flame as he possessed many exorcist to save his human wife from death.
"I'm still surprised that a human woman was able to make father fall for her." Said a curious Iblis.
"That love shows perfectly that we, demons, aren't the real evil," Began a happy Azazel, respecting the woman that supported their father Satan no matter what and even brought Rin into the world. "And as such we will not waste her sacrifice and save our dear brother from the evil that is humanity!"
"HAI!" The other siblings except Mephisto nodded.
'Sorry sisters, but Rin-chan will be mine in the end.' thought Mephisto with a hidden grin.
'Soon, Rin-chan will embrace me in joy, and we will spend the rest of our days holding each other and being blessed by father.' thought Azazel.
'Rin-chan will definitely like what I've got cooked up for him.' thought Iblis with a blush on her face that was ignored as part of her body overheating and steamed a lot.
'Rin will stand by my side as we extinguish all of humanity.' this came from Lucifer who let a smile on her face at the image of Rin in the uniform with 'some' small modifications that is.
Meanwhile at the Academy's entrance we find a cute black cat with yellow eyes, a belt with a bell and two long tails.
This was Kuro, a nekomata who was once the guardian of a temple before it was eventually forgotten and eventually decimated, which made him became a giant demon and go in a rampage until some exorcists were sent to deal with him. And among those exorcists there was Shiro Okumura, Rin's and Yukio's adopted father, who managed to calm the demon cat down and befriend it.
Currently Kuro was waiting for Shiro to return and give him his drink as always he did, but what the cat didn't know was that Shiro had sacrificed himself to save Rin from a Gehenna Gate opened by Satan. Soon Kuro heard two Exorcists talk about Shiro and listened in.
"Poor cat, he doesn't know yet that Shiro died." Said the first exorcist with pity.
"Yeah, but how will we tell it to that cat who probably can't understand us?" Asked the second exorcist as the first one nodded, not noticing that Kuro heard that and became shocked.
'S-Shiro's dead?! It...can't be...IT CAN'T BE! SHIRO!' Thought Kuro in sorrow and anger before becoming his demonic form and begin to cause a rampage that scared the nearby exorcists.
-Rin and Yukio's dorm room-
"Damn, it's way too hot." complained Rin who had gone out to grab some ice pops to cool off. He and his sister were stuck inside to do homework and it felt like he was melting.
"Did you remember to grab mineral water?" asked Yukio writing down some notes.
Rin blinked his eyes before face-palming. "Sorry, I forgot. But hey, have an ice pop." he grabbed the second one he got encase he felt like having another one later.
"You got two of them, but forgot the water. I don't want it." Yukio went back to writing as Rin decided to just eat it since she wasn't gonna take it. Yukio's phone began to ring at that moment, getting their attention. After taking a look at it, she got up from her seat and began to head out.
"What was that?" asked Rin.
"Nothing." replied Yukio.
"That's bullshit."
"Rin, language!"
"Fine." Rin grumbled before saying, "But you better tell me what's going on."
Before Yukio could answer, another exorcist came in and yelled. "Mrs. Okumura! Kuro has gone ballistic!"
"Kuro, who's that?"
Yukio looked at him before sighing and saying, "I'll tell you on the way, let's go!" And so they went outside the academy where they saw several exorcists including Beelzebub and surprisingly Egyn holding off a giant demonic cat.
"What happened?" asked Yukio.
Beelzebub turned to her. "One of the guards let it slip out that Shiro was dead. He attacked the guards and we're trying to stop him."
"Who is Kuro?" asked Rin.
"Kuro use to be father's familiar. The cat was once a highly praised deity who protected silkworms from vermin such as rats and caterpillars. As such, people honored and worshiped him. But sadly, years went by, and people forgot about him. He would have killed innocent people when his home was destroyed, but was stopped by father. But without father, he's gone back to being a demon." replied Yukio with a sad look.
Rin looked at the demon cat as it fought against the exorcists while yelling out. "Lies! Lies! You all lie!" What surprised him was that it didn't seem to faze any of the other exorcists. Could he be the only one to hear the cat? Rin then saw some exorcists about to attack Kuro and, with his mind made up, he went ahead and put himself in front of Kuro, to the surprise of everyone, even Beelzebub.
"Hey Kuro!" Rin called the demon cat, making him turn to see the half demon. "You need to stop this!"
The cat just growled at him. "LIES! YOU ALL LIE!"
"I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL!" Rin screamed, surprising Kuro as he calmed down. "I know how you felt, after all Shiro was my father."
"Shiro...was your father?"
"Yeah, and when he died I felt great sadness and rage...but I couldn't let that control me because if it did, I would be no better than Satan, who had killed him." Now Rin kneeled in front of the calmed Kuro as he smiled. "So now please calm down, I don't think that Shiro would like to see you like this...please calm down, I'll take care of you."
Rin's method to calm Kuro down surprised many exorcists, especially his sisters.
"A-Alright." Kuro said before returning to normal size and leaping at Rin, who caught him.
Rin smiled and petted Kuro on the head before heading back over to Yukio.
Beelzebub and Egyn were stunned, but quickly got over it as Rin probably could hear the cat's voice due to his heritage.
"Well, this was certainly interesting." remarked Beelzebub with Egyn following her.
"Yes...Rin-chan is able to soothe a demon like that with ease." this came from Mephisto as the two sisters ended up walking into her office. Beside her sat Amaimon who had her hobgoblin pet Behemoth by her side.
"That was something." remarked Amaimon.
"Indeed. And just think, Rin-chan hasn't even shown his true power yet." replied Mephisto.
"Do...you have any ideas...for Rin-chan?" asked Egyn.
"Well, we have to send one of us to test him." She finished as all the girls sans Lucifer said "ME!"
"Let's see, I can't do that since I'm the director, Beelzebub, Egyn and Azazel can't reveal themselves yet. Astaroth and Iblis could be recognized at once. So that only leaves...AMAIMON!"
The mentioned cheered as the others sulked. "OK, I'll prepare myself to test Rin-chan~!"
The rest who weren't picked pouted or just crossed their arms, but Mephisto did begin to chuckle at seeing Amaimon flip through the pages of a swimsuit magazine. "Amaimon, what are you doing?"
"Looking for the right bikini. I need to make a good impression on Rin-chan."
The entire room was filled with KI as Mephisto stood back and took a different seat as Amaimon was surrounded by her sisters.
"GIVE US THAT MAGAZINE!"
And so Amaimon ran from her sisters while Mephisto sat back and laughed at the chase scene.
