The eight demon queens

chapter 5

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After they dealt 'punishment' to their sister, all of them took a seat to hear what was Mephisto's next plan.

"Hello sisters~! Time to initiate the next phase!" yelled Mephisto in happiness.

"And that would be what exactly?" asked Astaroth.

"Simple. You see, I'll be sending Rin and his class to a training camp in about two weeks. Before that, I want Rin to meet each of you that he hasn't met yet. This way, he won't be suspicious when we help him." replied Mephisto drinking some tea.

"Which means that..." Beelzebub said before her eyes widened.

"Exactly! It's now Azazel-chan's turn!" Said sister just smiled more warmly while the others, except Mephisto, glared at her.

"Great news indeed! Now I'll help Rin-chan see the light!" Azazel said imagining Rin unleash his real, demonic self and destroy those impure humans!

"HEY! WHEN WE WILL HAVE OUR TURNS?!" Iblis snapped as her flames quickly burned her clothes but she was stopped by a water blast of Egyn. "Thanks..."

"Y-you're welcome."

"Calm down Iblis~! You'll get your turn eventually~!" replied Mephisto with her ever present grin.

"Says you! You're in charge of the academy, so whose to say you won't just sneak into Rin-chan's room and seduce him?!" yelled Iblis who was close to burning up again even in her soaked state.

"Calm yourself Iblis. Our turn will come when it comes." replied Lucifer who wasn't too keen on waiting either.

"Fine." Iblis growled before calming down.

"So shall we get ready ladies?" Asked Mephisto with a grin as they all nodded before vanishing.

Meanwhile, Rin felt an even worse shiver go down his spine as he sat in class.

'Am I getting a cold? Why do I keep feeling this chill?' wondered Rin who tried to stay awake in class.

"Alright everyone, today we'll be visiting the head priest to gain a little insight on some of the ancient prayers used to battle demons." replied Yukio.

Rin groaned as he felt confident that all he needed was his sword to fight, but it seemed his sister wouldn't be cutting him any slack.

Yukio began to lead her class to the main chamber where the head priest was usually at.

Eventually the group made it into a large chamber that looked like a church, where one sister was kneeling and looked like praying to a statue that was in the center.

"And that's why I plead thee, father!" Chanted the nun, "I ask thee to help us defeat this evil that has tormented us from the beginning and let us see the promised land!" She finished before looking at the group of Ex-wires and smiles warmly at them, mostly at her little brother.

"Everyone, this is Azazel. She's the head priestess of the entire academy. Her knowledge of chants and prayers are said to far exceed any exorcist in history." replied Yukio to her class and stunning them in awe.

Azazel smiled at them with her warm smile that caused most of the guys to swoon over her delicate smile.

'Foolish humans. I was praying to father to bless me with the chance of saving my brother.' thought Azazel who could easily keep her smiling facade up.

"If any of you, young exorcists, have a question then please tell me. I'll answer them the best I can." She grinned when she saw her Rin-chan walk up to her. "Yes, Okumura-kun~?"

"Well, I'm curious about this..." Rin trailed off before he told his question. "How effective can the chants and prayers be against any demon?" His question surprised many of the presents, yet Azazel was truly happy to answer for her little brother.

"You see, Okumura-kun, the chants and prayers are not only effective if you have them memorized, but also they depend of the caster's willpower, which means that even if an exorcist memorizes an entire chant, it would be useless if he doesn't have the will to back it up when he faces a demon..." She said before telling them about the different effect that several charms and prayers could have.

Azazel stopped as she spotted Egyn and smiled. "Egyn-chan! How's my second cousin doing?" called Azazel waving to Egyn who shyly waved back.

"You know her?" asked Rin.

"S-she's my cousin." replied Egyn.

While Azazel switched from talking about prayers to the times they use to play, no one noticed Iblis blending in with the shadows and watching the whole thing.

"Not fair. Azazal gets to meet Rin before me." moaned Iblis whose head snapped back up in thought. 'That's it! I can talk Mephisto into letting me join Amaimon when Rin and the others go on their camp trip!' thought Iblis in joy who quietly slunk away.

Eventually the visit ended and thus the ex-wires were allowed to return to their rooms, but even so Yukio had a frown on her face as she thought of her brother. 'Rin...'

When she was young, Yukio was attacked by a demon who told her that she would be the "key" to the blue prince, making her get afraid but then Shiro appeared and exorcised the demon away. Afterwards, she swore to protect her brother from the demons that were after him...but it seemed that even so, Rin got his demonic flames unlocked and he had to face several demons! Even Amaimon herself!

'At this rate I won't be able to protect Rin...' She thought as her look went dark. 'No way I'm letting any filthy demon get MY Rin! He's my only remaining family, so HE MUST BE MINE!' Unknown to her, a dark flame appeared briefly around her arms before disappearing.

Rin seemed to take notice of Yukio in deep thought and walked over to talk to her.

"Hey Yukio, you alright?" asked Rin.

Yukio's attention turned to her older brother and knew that whenever she was bothered, Rin wouldn't let up until he knew what it was. She'd end up telling him eventually. So Yukio told Rin about her worries concerning him and his abilities.

"You're worried about that? Don't worry about it. Just let your brother worry about it." replied Rin with a smile. He pulled Yukio into a hug that surprised her, but that didn't stop her from enjoying the hug even more.

"I swear Yukio, I'll always be there for you." promised Rin who didn't realize how much those words meant to Yukio at the moment.

What the two siblings didn't notice was the envious glares that were directed at Yukio.

This touching scene was also being seen by a certain queen of time, whose telescope projected it onto the monitor.

"Mephisto, I want to join Amaimon for ambushing Rin and his class on the-WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!" exclaimed Iblis as she walked in and saw the hugging between Rin and Yukio. "NO WAY! I WAS SUPPOSE TO HUG RIN-CHAN BEFORE HER!" yelled Iblis who was practically an inferno with how high her flames were.

"Calm down, Iblis." replied Mephisto who cooled her sister down with a large dose of tea. "You don't hear us complaining."

"Indeed. Eventually, Rin will show us that kind of bond." replied Lucifer who kept her arms crossed while squeezing her elbows to keep her temper in check.

Astaroth was biting into her own sleeve to keep herself from screaming and merely nodded.

"Yes, though I think he'll need an examination soon to make sure his body isn't injured." remarked Beelzebub who knew when the time came, she would strike!

"NO WAY!" Screamed the other sisters before they (sans Mephisto) threw themselves at Beelzebub and a comical cloud was covering them as Beelzebub's screams and parts of their bodies were seen.

"Oh my~! How fun this is getting~!" Amaimon said as Mephisto petted her.