AN: WOW! I am so happy that some of you like this story, and I promise I will try to keep it going as long as possible. You guys are amazing. I just feel so happy that all you guys are willing to give this story a chance. Thank you to Blue Night The Exorcist, Gnarclaw, Icey510510, andNyxianEmpire1 for following this story. A special thanks to Icey510510 for reviewing the first chapter. Anyway, I hope that this chapter will keep you hooked, and now without further ado let us BEGIN!
Edit: The following chapters are under revision.
Shiemi POV
Surprise doesn't begin to define the feeling that I am experiencing. This boy...I mean demon...I mean my summon said he would be my friend and he said it so easily. I looked into his sapphire eyes, and I could feel it threw this weird connection that we have. That he doesn't fully believe what he's saying, but there's something honest and pure about it. As if a part of him wants to truly be my friends, and maybe just maybe I can grow that part. He can be my friend if given enough time, but even if he didn't I know that he is my summon and because of that, I do hold some power over him. Even though it probably doesn't matter to him, I guess I'll give it my best shot. But before we can do anything like that I need to know something. I need to know what I can call him because I don't intend to treat him as an emotionless weapon which I can use whenever I so, please. He's a living breathing creature and he deserves the respect of being called by his name.
"Um, what do I call you?"
His eyes slightly quirk when I ask him the question, but he responds nonetheless.
"Master I am quite surprised that you wish for my name, but since you asked it is Rin, my lady."
"No, please just call me Shiemi."
"I apologize master but I cannot show such disrespect as to not call you Master. I am sorry for that."
He spoke with such certainty that I was unable to argue with him. Hopefully, in time he will come around to just calling me Shiemi, it's kinda weird to think of him like that but I'll get used to it, I am his tamer after all. I smiled at him, even though he didn't react to it at all. I was about to continue our conversation, but then I heard the sound of metal breaking, and the door to the room which has been slightly ajar, springs open slamming into the wall with a resounding thud. The moment it did I could see a storm of exorcists dressed exactly like Mr. Talch and Professor Nehaus stormed ran into the room and surrounded both me and Rin.
I jumped and stared as the exorcist surrounded the room, and I tried my best to analyze them. I could count about twenty black-clothed exorcists, and when I glanced there was a cluster of other exorcists standing beyond the door frame. Each of the exorcists in and out of the room is carrying some form of weapon. Most had different types of automatic weapons though some had some kind of blade in their hands. Each of them was looking intently at Rin, and I could tell that they were ready to attack him in a moment's notice. I felt my heart sink at the prospect of them attacking Rin even though we did just meet. I think it has to do with both this weird bond we have and he...he just looks so human. I know he's a demon and we as exorcist kill demons but if you saw Rin in the streets you wouldn't even realize he was a demon.
The sound of clothes shuffling and people moving emanated from behind me, and I turned to see what was happening. The cluster of exorcists in the back was parting and they allowed a man to enter. He walked into the room, slightly stepping over professor Nehauses's unconscious body, and came over directly between Rin and me. The man was rather short for the age of late '40s which I assume he is, he had light brownish hair and thin rectangular glasses. He wore the same uniform as the other exorcist but on his chest was a large badge with an etching of a growling tiger on it. I don't know what that means, but this man is the leader of this group. In his hand, he had a rifle that looked like one you would use to hunt with, at least from the movies I've seen. in his hand.
He looked dead at Rin and spoke with words dripping with venom.
"I am Mark Trolt, an upper 2nd class exorcist and leader of the bronze tiger assault squad. In the holy name of the pope and the Vatican we sever, we shall exterminate you, demon filth."
I was shocked by how casually he said that he was going to kill, I mean I'm still new to this and the callous attitude he put in his words is so disconcerting. Even if they have to kill demons I always thought that an exorcist is a kind and faithful person, but maybe I was wrong. No, I've met a couple of exorcists and they were all nice especially the Paladin. This guy must just be one of those black sheep, but that's not the point. The issue here is that he's threatening Rin who is my summon. They can't just kill him like that.
I took a single step forward, but no one noticed because Rin spoke next.
"Hmmm, the prospect of a mere human such as yourself killing me is as stupid as an elephant trying to squeeze through the ring meant for the smallest fingers. You human could never kill, and I could slaughter every living thing in this room before the air enters your body. Would you like to try me?"
For the first time, I felt a shot of fear shoot through me as though the bond I shared with Rin, I could feel his intentions, and they were just as he had said. He was more than willing to kill, and the only thing holding him back seemed to be me. I don't know how I know but I know. Rin's statement seemed to send a violent ripple effect reverberating through the whole crowd of exorcists at once. However, Mr. Trolt did not back down. He quickly pointed the barrel of his rifle at Rin's face and placed his finger on the trigger. Rin who still had an obvious smile plastered on his face stared at the barrel as it's holder prepared to fire.
The two stared at each other for a second like one of the old western shows of America, and then Mr. Trolt spoke one more time
"Die you filthy DEMON!"
I instinctively turned my head because I didn't want to see what was about to happen next. With my head turned I could not see what was happening, but I heard it. The resounding sound of the rifle he was holding going off with a boom. Once I heard it I turned my head back to the scene, expecting to see a dead rin with a gaping red hole in his head, leaking warm blood. However, the scene in front of me was the exact opposite. Where Rin once sat was bare and a small plume of smoke was rising from where the bullet hit the ground, but the thing that got me, even more, was what happened to Rin and . Rin was now fully standing up facing in my direction and in front of him on their knees was . Rin had his hand placed on his head, and I could tell he was squeezing it tightly. 's face though… he had a dazed almost blank face on. His eyes were glassy and his skin was pale. There was even a thick trickle of saliva falling from his open mouth. Looking further down I could see that he was holding his right arm in his left hand, and his right arm was bare with all the previous fabric torn off. The appendage was a dark purple and it looked twisted like taffy. I grimace looking at the sight.
I could easily tell that the arm was more than just severely broken, that was probably an injury that may require millions of dollars and even then amputation might just be better. There was no way is using that arm for the next few years. To think that Rin who looks so innocent would be able to do something like that, but I guess I knew all along. The feelings I got from him when he threatened the exorcist were flat and based on 100% fact and confidence. Rin is fully okay with killing and hurting people. I guess he is a demon, but I already knew that.
"Like I said the chance of you killing we are far below zero, and if I truly wished it I can easily kill every one of you damned exorcist in the matter of a blink."
Rin then kneed sending him face-first into the ground and I could hear the sound of bones cracking from the impact. That's probably a broken nose and some lost teeth. Rin is brutal when it comes to his enemies. By now I noticed that most of the exorcists who were lining the room had aimed their guns at Rin once again and were preparing to fire. I know they're just afraid, but I've had enough. Rin is my summon and they will not treat him like this, at least not if I can help it.
"ENOUGH!"
I yelled feeling my vocal cords dance from a rare occurrence where they were being used to their full capacity. The tension was so thick that by yelling all the exorcists jumped and then looked at me as though they just now realized I was there. Their piercing eyes sent slight chills through my body; however, now is not the time to back down.
"RIN HAS DONE NOTHING WRONG. I AM THE ONE WHO SUMMONED HIM, AND HE IS MINE. YOU ALL HAVE NO RIGHT TO AIM YOUR GUNS AT HIM."
A moment of silence spread before a cascade of audible gasps went off. One, in particular, was Yukio's who was still behind me, and I can only imagine how shocked he was that I was able to even raise my voice. I have lived my whole life being the quiet and submissive one, but no longer. From here on out I will be the girl who speaks her mind, I hope. I looked to the exorcist who seemed confused, but still more than willing to begin firing at Rin.
However, before I could speak there was an explosion of pink smoke in front of me. The force of which shook me on my feet and my vision of Rin was blocked by a cloud of pink and rainbow confetti. The smoke quickly dissipated to reveal him one of the most important people in the entire True Cross organization. A man who has revolutionized the art of exorcism, and the headmaster of True Cross academy. The only demon who willingly works with True Cross in the open. The headmaster Sir Mephisto Pheles. The man had statues and murals of himself placed all over the school, so I knew with a mere glance who he was. Sir Pheles is incredibly tall at a staggering 6'5. He was wearing the usual outfit that he wore in the paintings and statues. Which consisted of an elegant white outfit that consists of a white top hat with pink and purple around the base, purple gloves, a tie that is pink with white dots, a white suit-shirt and undershirt, jester-style pants, and pointed shoes. In his hand, he also held a pink umbrella with several different stitched images of food on it. As he turned around to face the majority of the exorcist I caught another glimpse of his face which had a deep smile showing just a bit of his teeth. That smile could probably fool Satan, and it probably has. My eyes and his connection for a brief moment and unless I'm mistaken it looks like his smile got a bit wider, but That smile, it felt so devious that I could shiver.
"Alright now I believe that is enough. I did enjoy the entertainment, but sadly duty does call. It is quite obvious that this demon here is Mrs. Moriyama's summon, and by the laws of the Vatican he can not be harmed unless necessary, so unless all of you here wish to be excommunicated I suggest you lower your weapons."
The exorcist in the room seemed to hesitate and look at each other, but they listened and lowered their weapons. Two of the exorcists near who was unconscious by now grabbed his body and carried him over to the wall. Albeit when they got close to him they flinched back when Rin seemed to glare and maybe even growl at them. After securing him all the exorcists besides and Sir. Pheles left. Professor Nehaus had been carried out with the other exorcist because he had also been knocked unconscious by Rin. Though as the exorcists were leaving, even I could sense the anger and hatred oozing off of them. I get that Rin is a demon, but why do they hate him so much, or do they just hate all demons like that, Now that I think about it they hadn't had a single tamer in their squad.
Once they were gone Mr. Talch came over to Sir. Pheles. When he did Sir. Pheles ushered them over to the room's corner and the two of them whispered something to each other and after a while Sir. Pheles nodded his head. They were too far away, so I couldn't understand what they were saying, but I am positive that they were talking about Rin and I. After a minute or so of them continuing their hushed conversation, they finally turned back to me. was the one to speak.
"Shiemi with this recent development your class courses will now have to change. As such you shall not be taking this tamer class, and instead, you will have advanced private lessons with the head of the Tamer department, Mrs. Gorm. Also, every month from here on out you will have to have an evaluation check of your summon. If he is ever deemed untrustworthy then he shall be exterminated with extreme prejudice. Do you understand?."
It's not like I had much of a choice in the matter, but even if I did I would agree. I may be new to the game of exorcism but I know that Rin is special and he could help save humanity. It would be too selfish of me, and besides those terms didn't seem too bad for Rin. I mean as long as I can keep him in check then we should be good. I hope.
"I also need to have a private chat with the two of you, so we shall be taking our leave now."
Sir. Pheles spoke with such surety that I almost didn't catch what he said. Too bad there's nothing I can do about it.
"Eins Zwei Drei."
He spoke the german names fo and then my vision was filled with a cloud of pink and fall multi-colored pieces of confetti. What's going to happen to me now?
Rin POV
Humans are such a pain in the ass. I was really about to kill every single thing in that room excluding Shiemi. Those damned exorcists dared to point their weapons at me. Weapons that would barely scratch the hide of a Warthmir, and they thought they could hurt me with those. Granted they didn't know who I am, but still to think a band of weak humans would even dream of attacking me turns my stomach. I was going to fry all of them and turn them into crispy charred statues. I would have, if not for the entrance of that damned psychotic clown. My damn elder brother who deserted Ghenna, and moved to Assiah. Mephisto pheles or in reality I should call him Samael the demon king of time and space. The second in the hierarchy of demon kings, and the previous 2nd in line for the throne. Not that he wanted it anyway from his many, many confessions. Samael, the disgraced son of Satan that had willingly chosen to side with the demons humans, and actively fought against Ghenna and thus Father. Who had always said that Samael is not to be trusted even before he switched sides, and if possible our standing orders are to incapacitate or kill him? Though I highly doubt that would happen anytime soon. No demon besides we demon kings and Father are even on the same plane of power as Samael, and even then the only ones I could see posing a threat to him are Father, Lucifer, and maybe Azazel if he ever fought. In all honesty, even though I am regarded as in the top tier of the demon kings I probably wouldn't be able to kill him just yet, but I could probably mortally injure him if nothing less. Maybe if I used my powers to the fullest extent.
When he appeared Samael acted just as flamboyant as ever emerging in front of me just so I wouldn't kill anybody and using that horrible pink cloud. I despise it. However, his appearance was not the highlight of my time in that room, instead, that honor belongs to Shimei when she started yelling at the exorcist in my defense, even though I didn't need it. To think that a girl who is so fragile, sheltered, feeble, and scared could build up the nerve to yell at armed exorcist, and to top it off it was for my sake. A demon who she hasn't known for an hour yet. Yes, I am starting to get a good picture of who she is, but I will continue to observe for much longer. She is an interesting person, and I don't hate her as much as I do for the other humans. Granted that might be because of this bond I have with her.
After he dismissed the exorcist Samael took Shiemi's teacher and they began speaking with one another. Because of my demonic hearing, I should have easily been able to hear what they were talking about but I couldn't. I glare at Samael knowing full well what he has done. Samael had secretly cut the area he and the exorcist were away from the rest of the universe. Creating a temporary second universe with only the two of them. Which meant that I couldn't hear, smell, or reach them. He only allowed us to see them as to not alert Shiemi or the exorcist. Clever very clever. Their conversation was quick before they returned, Samael shattered his new universe, and they walked over to Shiemi.
"Shiemi with this recent development your class courses will now have to change. As such you shall not be taking this tamer class, and instead, you will have advanced private lessons with the head of the Tamer department, Mrs. Gorm. Also, every month from here on out you will have to have an evaluation check of your summon. If he is ever deemed untrustworthy then he shall be exterminated with extreme prejudice. Do you understand?."
The teacher spoke to Shiemi explaining a few rules and regulations she would have to follow if I am to be her summon, which makes sense. From what I know of the exorcist and their ranking system they probably think I am somewhere in their A ranks. Of course, Samael knows I am far stronger than that, but he probably wasn't going to tell them that and I wasn't going to do anything that could alert them to how dangerous I am. Not now at least.
Shiemi nodded to her requirements, and then Samael spoke again.
"I also need to have a private chat with the two of you, so we shall be taking our leave now."
My eyes roll. I know what he's planning, trying to have a conversation with me huh. We'll see.
"Eins Zwei Drei."
I knew before it happened, but the moment he said the stupid german numbers he picked up a few centuries ago, I knew what was going to happen. There was a puff, and then my vision filled with pink clouds and rainbow confetti. I still don't know why Samael decided to add that effect whenever he uses teleportation.
The pink clouds stayed there for a while, but it quickly dissipated to reveal what I assume to be Samael's office. This room was far bigger than the last one I was in and it had many different posters, figurines, life-sized statues, piles of dolls, and all other kinds of miscellaneous stuff. I didn't recognize any of the characters, but I assume they are some pop culture figures because of Samael's constant desire to be in the know of human society. Not that it matters to me.
I looked at Samael who was eyeing both Shiemi and me as he had already sat behind his cluttered desk of similar mini figurines. His stuff has always been like that though.
"Now Shiemi allow me to explain to you a few more rules that will be implemented specifically for you. As I'm sure you know your summon is very special and thus must be more regulated than most. You are allowed to have him with you at all times, and no exorcist is allowed to destroy him unless he poses a threat or a specific order from the higher-ups is given. However, he is also not allowed to release his full power anywhere within one of our bases, you already know every month he will be evaluated, do not be surprised if one day a random inspector comes. Also, Shiemi you will have a separate test every month where you will be tested to see if you are fit. If you fail any of these, or you fail your final exam for your meister then you and your summon will be put on probation and possibly expelled."
Those sound fairly reasonable, It makes sense that they would be cautious of myself and my summoner. It's not unheard of for humans to be influenced by demons and join the side of Ghenna, even though it should be obvious they will be killed as well. I looked over to Shiemi, and she glanced at me. I suppose she was looking to see if I'm okay with these rules, but to be honest I don't care. She is the boss right now, and I'll let her make the decisions for now. She nodded to me seemingly understanding my intent and focused back on Samael.
"I understand ."
"Excellent Shiemi."
Samael then turned his head in my direction, and he smiled. His damn signature smile, the one where you can see all of his teeth and especially the dagger-like incisors that run in our family. I've seen that smile plenty of times in the past and it doesn't mean anything good. Before he left Gehenna he would always have that smile when he was planning a trick, one of his famous deceptions, or his deadly machinations. That smile was the last thing thousands of demons and humans have seen, and it has heralded the end of entire civilizations. Samael's smile was and still is known as the devil's mouth. Still, though, I'm growing tired of this little game of silence. I can tell that Samael is cooking up some plans to use me to advance his agenda. I don't know what he's planning, but I'm not just going to stand here like a statue and be observed. Especially not by a bastard like Samael.
"What do you want Samael?"
I glare at him purposely sending Samael daggers; even though, I know this won't affect him in the slightest. Shiemi also turned to me looking shocked as usual, we'll need to work on that if she is going to be useful. Samael dramatically threw his hands up and spoke again in his overly cheeky voice.
"Please, please, I stopped going by that name a good 200 years ago. It's Mephisto Pheles now. Anyway, I am so shocked to see you here Rin, please why don't you tell me why you are here."
"I was summoned, you freaking clown."
Samael's smile widened but I noticed that Shiemi looked shocked. Dammit, I responded so quickly and I hadn't caught the signs. Samael was playing with me, trying to drop hints to Shiemi. It's a good thing that the exorcists don't know of my existence or she would have caught on all the way. Now I just hope she doesn't ask any unnecessary questions.
"Wait, you two...know each other?"
Shit, she just had to ask questions didn't she. If I don't come up with a good excuse this whole scheme might crumble. What to do, I've got to figure out something reasonable.
"My apologies I should explain. Rin here is one of my family's direct slaves. He is something akin to a pampered servant whose duty is to serve the royals of Ghenna. He just has a stronger personality than the rest of his fellow slaves."
Bastard, his excuse works, but he makes me sound like I'm someone's bitch, and now I'll have to act somewhat obedient to him whenever Shiemi is around. I'll get him back for this one day.
"I get it, but I don't want to think of Rin as a slave, and as his tammer, I don't want anyone to treat him as some slave."
Now look at this Shiemi is trying to stand up for me again., not gonna lie it does kind of feel good to have her defend me.
"Of course no one here has the immediate right to treat your summon like that, except for you if you ever chose. Now then back to you Rin, If I am not mistaken then you should be far stronger than any simple summoning. So that can only lead me to three possibilities. The First is that you are far weaker than you should be, and you are a failure of a royal servant. Second, you were forced to come here and I doubt that. Third, you allowed yourself to be pulled to Assiah for whatever reason. So which one is it, my dear Rin?"
The third option was the right one, and Samael knew full well. He might not know my exact reasoning, but I'm sure he has already found his way to the right ballpark of reasons. He always had a knack for finding out someone's secrets.
I purposely darkened my face and I said, "what makes you think I'd tell you anything?"
Samael smiled, his face barely contained it before he responded.
"Dear Rin I wholly expected for you to respond like that, and that is all youngling is all I need to hear to know your answer. Most intriguing isn't it."
Dammit, I mentally slap myself, Samael has gotten exactly what he wanted out of me. He played me, again. I will have to have a serious talk with him later if I am to keep up this charade. However, in the corner of my eye, I could see Shiemi, and she looked as confused as a kindergartener in a quantum physics class. She may not be stupid but she has no idea of Samael or my nature. If she remains oblivious her death will come quickly and without mercy. I suppose that it's time for us to cut our conversation short, and get to the real matter at hand.
"So, Samael, why have you brought us here? What do you need?"
I asked with a controlled voice trying to be as casual as possible. There seemed to be a twinkle in Samael's eye as he responded.
"Well that is for me to know, and you to find out or not. However, I will warn you Rin. This is not Gehenna, and the rules here are not the same. Try to be on your best behavior because should you ruffle the wrong person's feathers you will jeopardize not only yourself but others as well. Keep that in mind; furthermore, Shiemi there is one more immediate order that I am to give. You will have to move into one of True Cross' specialized dorm for your and others protection."
Shiemi seemed shocked at this announcement and she stuttered out her attempted rebuttal.
"I...I don't know if I can do that Sir Pheles. I still have so many things to do at my house. I have responsibilities to take care of such as taking care of the gardens and helping out at the store. Also even if I could move I don't think I could do that right at the beginning of the year. My mom would freak out."
I looked at her with a bored expression upon my face as she continued to talk in her flustered manner. Eventually, I could tell Samael had also gotten bored with her antics, evident by the slight dip in his permanent smile.
" you have nothing to fear. All your belongings have already begun their move to your new home and the process will be completed within the hour; in fact, and you will not have to lift a finger to help. Also, your garden will be well taken care of by trained professionals, and we will assign one of our interns to work with your mother in running the shop in your absence. Anyway, now that everything has been sorted out you will return to the cram school, and continue your training as an exorcist. Bye, the way your lessons with Mrs. Gorm will begin tomorrow during what normally is supposed to be your tamer class period. I suggest you prepare, she is a very special exorcist. Make sure you stay healthy and well-rested because you will need it if you want to survive. The same goes for You Rin, make sure you keep your master safe. Have a lovely day. Auf Wiedersehen."
I cringe at the exaggerated use of the german goodbye, and then with a simple wave of his gloved hands, an explosion of pink smoke fills my vision once again. Samael is teleporting us again, and I hate this damn color.
Yukio POV
No way! No way! No way! Where did she go? My mind is moving at the speed of a berserk bullet train. Shiemi had just disappeared in a cloud of pink smoke and rainbow confetti. I don't know where she went or what's happening to her. Why did she have to summon that demon, if she hadn't then none of this would have happened. That demon is with her right now, and for all, I know he could be feasting on her flesh right now. If anything happens to Shiemi, I won't care what I have to do to inflict the worst possible death on that monster. However, before I start to consider crossing those lines I need to remain calm and think rationally about this. Sir. Pheles went with them, and he is one of the most powerful members of the True Cross organization, and there should be no reason that he would let the demon hurt Shiemi. At least I hope not.
I need to find the answer, but what am I supposed to do? As the Paladin's son I do have special privileges and access to some classified information, but by no means do I have any real gold or influence. The real issue lies in the fact that I don't have any special talents or anything of the sort. I do indeed accompany my dad and other exorcists a lot but at best I'm probably a lower 2nd class exorcist, and that is nowhere near the rank I need to affect large operations. I am just above average for my age. Being raised by Paladin Fujimoto I can never match what is expected of me, which is why dad sent me here. To hopefully allow me to improve. I'm just a weak boy who just got lucky to be adopted by the Paladin. Then I felt a strong hand latch onto my shoulder, and jerk at the sudden contact. I look up and see the stone-cold face of , his brown eyes looking down at me with unmoving eyes.
The sudden sensation of his hand on my shoulder and the calm gaze of his eyes shook my mind out of its crazed frenzy, which allowed me to stabilize and calm myself. I looked at him and then he spoke
"Calm down. Your friend is safe, she is probably in one of the safest places in the world. Sir. Pheles may seem like a crazed storm, but for centuries he has served True Cross and has not shown any signs of betrayal. Besides kidnapping a little girl, even if she has a remarkable summon, would not be the best time to reveal his treacherous plot. Shiemi will most likely return any minute now, and we still have work to do so let's go." He spoke with such a calm and sure that I had nothing else to say. I shake my head signaling my agreement with his direction.
When I did that released me and he walked towards the other students. I followed behind him, and I noticed Professor Neuhaus was brooding in the back of the classroom. I turned my attention away from the professor, and back to everyone else in my class. Once everyone in the class was back together except for Shiemi and settled down from the recent events, Mr. Talch then began to speak.
"Now that the commotion is over we shall begin your second class back in my room."
With that, departed from me and began to walk in the direction of the rest of the class, and I followed behind him. It was a brief and quiet walk as everyone was moving at a quick pace, and no one wanted to speak louder than a whisper. Once we made it back to the classroom we all sat back in the seats we had before. walked into the front of the class standing in front of the chalkboard.
"Listen, everyone, I know what happened with was unexpected and I'm sure you all have questions, but for now we shall wait for official word on anything dealing with that. However, just because something unexpected happens does not mean we can stop everything, you are all training to be an exorcist and as an exorcist, you must be able to adapt and move on with any situation. So, now that everybody is seated we will begin our first official lesson. Today we will discuss all the basic information you should all know on lesson demon types, the hierarchy of the demons, and important demonic beings. I suggest you take good notes for your upcoming test on this unit."
I accidentally let a weak sigh escape my mouth, I don't feel like doing this right now but I don't have much of a choice. I looked down at the black book bag that I had left in the classroom and took out a zebra-striped notebook and matching pen to take notes. I probably already know most of this information so I doubt that I need to take notes, but you can't be too careful.
"The first thing I would like to talk about is what Assiah and Ghenna are. As you all know Assiah is the word we use to describe not only this planet but everything outside of it. From Earth to the sun and stars, all of this is a part of Assiah. Ghenna, on the other hand, is the land of damnation and evil. We do not know much about the layout or size of Ghenna, but from some key sources, we do know a few things. We know Ghenna has a multitude of cities and land structures for demon's to inhabit though they seem to remain somewhere in the imperial times of kings and queens. We also know that Ghenna has major places inside of it which for all purposes are endless. The key one being hell which is located inside Ghenna but has endless space, which we learned from Sir Pheles. Assiah and Ghenna's main points are both planets that look identical to each other. For us, it would be Earth, and theirs has no name besides Ghenna. The two planets mirror each other, which is where we get the phrase that Assah and Ghenna are mirror images of each other. Any questions?"
Mr. Talch's explanation of how Assiah and Gehenna are mirror images of each other was quite well explained though he did leave a few things out. Such as the subdivisions of Hell which are quite similar to Dante's, or The blackened fields of the soulless. Though I suppose it's not important to know everything about Ghena, Ordinary exorcists could never travel to Ghenna.
"Good, let's continue then. Demons can only enter Assiah through three ways the first and most common is possession, the next would be to exit through a hole, and the final way would be to use their power and cross over. However, only demons of high A rank and above could ever dream of doing that. This may sound redundant but demons pose a serious threat to us humans. Most of them are monsters that find delight in feeding on humans or causing suffering to the inhabitants of Assiah. They are vile creatures of depravity, and we are the ones who are to exorcise them from this world. We are Assiah's protectors."
SO far my assumptions have been correct. I haven't needed to write any of this down yet. I've been exposed to demons for as long as I can remember, and in all that time I've learned a great deal about them. More than what most exorcists care to learn, especially when I was younger because dad would always let his friends at the church educate me on the ways of an exorcist. Even still though, I don't get why Mr. Talch had to explain the dangers of demons present to Assiah. The only person I can think of who would see demons as anything else than monsters and tools is Shiemi. She is so naive and nice that she even has compassion for demons, but as time goes by she should become more aware of their evil. and what dangers they pose to the population. I knew all that because I did grow up with the Paladin, and I normally had the exorcist in the church tutor me.
continued to talk about the topic of what a demon is, and I could feel my mind drifting away from the lesson and back to where it wanted to be, on Shiemi. We have known each other for almost eight or nine years now. She was always that shy little girl that dad would make me spend time with while he got his equipment, or he had nowhere else to put me at the time. At first, we were nervous to be around each other barely able to form a coherent, but after a few more visits Shiemi and I began to play and bond. Soon enough I would go out of my way to ask dad to take me to see Shiemi even if he didn't need to go. He did complain about it being tedious, but it's his fault for introducing me to my first real friend.
After a while of us getting closer to each other, we began to divulge our secret, and we practically became best friends. We got so close that unless either of us were forced to, we were always by each other's side. We were practically inseparable, it got to the point that everyone on the campus knew about our friendship, and they called it the blossoming of future lovers. When that started to fly around I was still around the age of 10, and I had no idea what it meant, but when I hit my teenage years I began to understand. However, even with my newfound understanding of sexual attraction, I still did not feel that way about Shiemi. Instead of love rooted in my attraction to her, I developed a different kind of love with her. I saw and still see Shiemi as my younger sister, and I am the older brother who protects her. Since we were kids I would always take care of Shiemi any way I could. I would clean up her wounds from thorns and her consistent falls which might be a reason why I want to be a doctor in exorcism. When her grandmother died I was there to be the pillow she needed, and I was there to help her crawl out of the ditch of depression she had sunk into. I was and always will be there for Shiemi.
BANG! The noise shocked me out of my memories, and I crouched down. We may be under attack, so I need to identify the threat and move to the most secure location. I wish that was the case because the moment I looked for the source of the sound and saw it and I bet my face paled two shades lighter. In front of me was a random thick heavy back book which had presumably slammed onto my desk causing the loud noise. I looked at who slammed the book and gulped as I met 's scrutinizing eyes, which were looking at me with a silent fury of ravenous beasts.
" I would like it if you paid attention to the lesson. Thank you."
There were a few snickers behind me, but I was too embarrassed to glance back there. I could already feel the fire building in my cheeks and ears. then turned away from me and went back to the center of the room. Where he continued to teach his lesson. This time I will pay him my full attention, and I hope I hear something interesting.
"Alright let's get back on the topic class. Where was I…, ah yes I was about to explain the hierarchy of demons? We use a letter scale to rank demons, and each rank is divided into 3 classes of 3 2 or 1. Starting from the lowest rank we have D, C, and Bs. These are the common demons which you will most likely meet and deal with as a regular exorcist. Above these ranks are the rarer and far more dangerous than those below them. We have the A rank demons which all fully humanoid demons fall under, the S rank demons, the SS rank demons, and finally the SSS demons Satan himself. Though let's turn back to the SS rank demons. The SS demons are made up of the eight demon kings who are the direct descendants of Satan. Those in order of decreasing powers are Lucifer king of light, Samael king of Time and Space, Azazel king of spirits, Iblis king of fire, Egyn king of water, Beelzebub king of insects, Amaimon king of earth, and Astaroth king of rot."
That was very useful information, but it still fits with what I already know about demons.
"Alongside the demon kings is another demon which symbolizes their dominance. These demons are pieces of a demon king's own heart given flesh through some strange form of magic that we still do not know of. These demons are known as the 8 demonic beasts. They are similar to the pets or familiars of the demon kings. Each one is extremely strong, and their hierarchy follows the same as the Demon King's. All Demon Beast is ranked as S class demons. Another big group of S class demons are known as the Seven Deadly Sins. Those demons are known to hardly ever leave gehenna, but they are extremely powerful. Their order of strength is Pride, Wrath, Lust, Greed, Envy, Sloth, and Gluttony. Little else is known about them."
I made sure to write down everything he said because that information though unlikely may come in handy should I ever have to identify one of these demons. Then out of nowhere the door to the room opened and in walked Shiemi. Surprise doesn't accurately fit how I felt when she walked in the door. Elation is probably better because I honestly wasn't expecting to see her back so soon. What happened, it doesn't look like she's hurt or has even a scratch on her. I felt my heart jump in my chest as my joy to see her return began to grow, but I also felt a thick curtain finally lift off my shoulders. It felt so amazing, now that I know she is safe, and that demon was dealt with.
She walked into the classroom and I could tell she was nervous, but there was an air of confidence surrounding her. I began to stand up out of joy hoping to greet her, but then I stopped and I could feel the blood flowing in my veins freeze as I recognized the figure entering behind her. The bluish-black hair, the blue hoodie, and the evident ice shattering eyes of that demon who Shiemi had supposedly summoned. I had expected him to be gone, but now here he was and he also looked unscathed. Just what could have happened to allow for Shiemi and that demon to come back. Whatever it is, I need to find out.
I clenched my fist together, but I did nothing because I know I can't do anything for Shiemi right now. I turned my attention back to Shiemi and when our eyes met she smiled. She came over and sat down next to me in her original seat. The demon boy walked over to her side of the table, and when our eyes met he gave me a glare that sent me into a cold sweat. I try to glare back at him, but my attempt is like an elementary soccer player competing with a multi-champion soccer player. His aggressive glare is just too good for me, and there's no way for me to compete. After our brief eye interaction, he retracted his glare and plopped down onto the ground with an audible huff of I believe annoyance. There was an eerie audible silence in the room because everyone was afraid of what the demon might do. The only ones who I could see where unaffected were and Shiemi. Takara also seemed pretty nonchalant, and the other hooded boy looked a little tense as if he was waiting for a surprise rather than an attack. Those two are weird, but so is Shiemi and . The silence persisted for a while longer; however, the demon did nothing but sit there and stare into space making little to no sound. Tap, Tap, Tap. I look to the sound of tapping a standard yellow ruler on his desk, signaling to all of us to return our attention to his lesson.
"Welcome back Shiemi. I am afraid you missed a good portion of the lesson today, so you will have to copy down the notes from someone."
"Yes sir, I understand."
"Good."
nodded towards Shiemi and turned back to the chalkboard, but he gave her a minute to get her bearings and to get her green notebook out of her bag. Once she was ready continued with the lesson and he explained some more information that was nowhere near as valuable as his previous lecture. I pretended to be fully immersed in the lesson occasionally taking notes to feign interest, but in reality, I was paying far closer attention to Shiemi and the demon than anything else. I don't know why, but I just can't trust that demon. I have no evidence but I know he is planning something, and I may not be able to stop anything yet. But I know for damn sure that I will do anything to stop him from hurting Shiemi. Anything!
Rin POV
The boy with the glasses doesn't like me. Any trained demon fledgling could have sensed the anger and negative emotions that are practically oozing from every inch of the boy. If he is trying to be a real exorcist then he should know that he can't go around showing his emotions indiscriminately in front of a demon. Doing that is liable to get him killed if he is unable to weigh in his anger, and why the hell is he angry in the first place. It's not like I've done anything wrong yet, though it might just be his obvious feeling of protecting Shiemi that drives him to scorn me. Although, it's not like his feelings matter much to me anyway. If I so felt like it, I and a multitude of lesser demons could easily silence him if we so, please. He should know that, especially when he is dealing with a demon who is strong enough to have a human form. He is most likely failed and will die soon to the maw of some random demon if nothing changes. Though his suffering matters not to me, the real issue right now is why I have to be in this damn class for wannabe exorcist. I have always hated schooling even when I was a young demon under my father's tutelage. Back then I couldn't complain because father would never allow me to voice complaints against his policies, but that was well over half a millennia ago, and it's still been too short of a time for me.
The teacher droned on his rather monotone voice fading into background noise, and I began to feel my eyes grow heavy with boredom. After a while, the lesson was over, and the students were dismissed from class and given directions to what I presume is their next class location. Shiemi walked with the glasses boy she referred to as Yukio, and the two talked rather joyfully with each other. It's quite obvious that the two of them are close friends, and it's also obvious that if I am to remain Shiemi's summon and keep my posting as a spy, then I will have to spend time with this Yukio child. They walked side by side with each other, and I remained a few steps behind the two of them. Their conversation was very frivolous until the subject of myself was brought up by the Yukio boy.
"Shiem why are you taking that demon with us. You know you can send him back whenever you want."
"I know Yukio, but I was told I can take him wherever I go, and besides Rin hasn't done anything to warrant me to get send him back yet."
"But Shiemi he's a dangerous monster, and I doubt you have full control over it already. What if something goes wrong, and he attacks, what then?"
"Yukio you're being a bit paranoid here, I mean seriously I don't think Rin will do anything like that...Look I know you want to protect me, but right now I need you to trust me. I may be new at this, but I can feel it. Rin has no intention of harming anyone here, and if he does I'll let you know."
"Are you sure Shiemi?"
"I'm sure-now what did I miss in class."
That's my cue to exit the conversation, so I do so. This Yukio does not seem to like me for whatever reason. Luckily this bond that I share with Shiemi helps me share my intentions with her, and it seems she understands my surface feelings. This bond really can be useful. Still though, if conversations like that are to become a regular in my presence I might just end up ripping Yukio's head off, and feed it to one of the thousands of zombies found in my territory, or maybe I could put it on a spike and use it as decoration for a few years. I might do that, but only if I need to have him disappear one day. Sounds like a plan.
After those thoughts, I could an opening fast approaching which was bathed in light. The group of humans with me behind them entered into a pit styled arena. The arena is built like a pit with rows of seats lining the edges, and the larger center sunk dozens of feet below the stairs and was filled with a good amount of sand. On the walls, I could also see the signs of many different caverns each of which had thick bars blocking them. I can easily sense the demonic auras emanating from within them. They were probably holding demons for future activities. In the center of the pit was a large pillar stretching up and piercing the sky above the pit. Chained to the pillar was a single leaper, which would more than likely be used for the humans class today. At the top of the pit, there was also an extruding ledge that seemed to be for overlocking the whole arena.
The next moments were filled with the students observing the arena, and then once they had soaked up all they could they went over to another section of the arena which was divided into two areas. One had the word women over it, and the other had the word men over it. These are probably the bathroom or changing rooms for both sexes. Shiemi and the other students entered their respective rooms, all except for one boy who is in a gray hoodie. That boy remained outside and sat in one of the chairs overlooking the pit. There is something different about him, he seems more refined than the rest of the humans. Well maybe except for the puppet student, the two of them both seem like they are leagues above the rest of the class. Not including SHiemi because at the moment she has me. I don't have anything to do right now, so I walk over to an unoccupied section of chairs and settle in to one of them to wait for Shiemi to return.
The first few minutes were quiet, but there was something weird happening with my bond. I could feel Shiemi's emotions and they were becoming more and more frenzied as time went on. Then all of a sudden they hit a point where I physically felt like someone had squeezed my heart. What is going on in there? After that sudden bit of pain, the bond relaxed, but I could tell it wasn't the same. Shiemi seemed to be in shock and possibly fear. I need to know what happened, and if I need to kill someone.
Eventually, everyone finished changing and came out. They were all wearing loose-fitting clothes that were designed for their specific sex's body type. In Gehenna, such concepts don't exist, so I don't understand the purpose of changing clothes just to exercise. I mean it's not like these clothes are any better than the ones they were wearing before. I felt the hairs on my neck prick up, so I turned to Shiemi. She was already by Yuki, chatting with him over something. However, I could sense something was wrong. Her speech patterns seemed different as if she was trying to avoid using the right side of her cheek, her eyes were wet from water not tears, and she seemed almost fidgety. I focused my attention on her right cheek, and I could see the issue. On her right cheek, it's smudged I could see the signs of a hand mark. A mark that could only be caused by someone slamming their opened palm into Shiemi's face and those fingers are not hers. Someone has struck Shiemi, and they have just signed their death warrant.
I scanned the other two female students who had been in the change room with Shiemi, and I found my culprit. The purple-haired girl with the enormous forehead was the one who did it. I can sense a strong feeling of accomplishment and snobbish superiority coming from her. Her left hand was also tinted pink, and it looked like a reaction to her hand hitting an object. Oh, she is going to pay and pay dearly she will, for no one may strike what is mine and get away scot-free.
Bang! The sound of doors breaking open sounded throughout the arena as a man dressed in the standard exorcist clothes rushed in. The first thing I noticed about him was his atrocious face, and that's saying something. The man had a, oh what do you call it? I know, the man has a but chin which barley seemed to hand off his head, a tiny mustache that might as well have been cut off, and every piece of skin from his lip is a dull gray. He seems to be of average height and build with nothing else remarkable about him. is truly an ugly human. This man who I can tell is the teacher walked over to the protruding ledge and faced the cluster of humans. The man walked to the podium and turned to the class.
"Hello, class. My name is , and I am your physical education teacher. There is no need for you to introduce yourself because I have already been informed about all of you. Which is why we will not waste time in building up your physical abilities. So, today I will be testing the strength of your legs, and your tactical judgment when escaping from demons, and the only logical way to do that is with real-life experiences. That is why today I will be having you all run around the arena while being chased by chained Leapers. Just to sweeten this deal-If you can pass this evaluation then I will give you an automatic A in the class, and you will be excused from taking it."
His proclamation sent a ripple through all the students who were surprised and intrigued by his statement, and it looked as though they were all going to try. I can't blame them though because had I been offered the right to pass one of my lessons with only one activity I would have taken it, but it's quite obvious that the teacher is lying. I wonder if any of them realize it though.
The first group to be brought down to the sand in the bottom of the pit and face the leaper was the boy with the yellow stripe in the middle of his brown hair and Yukio. I think the stripped hair rooster boy's name is Bon based on the two other boys cheering that name. Once the two were fully down, and then the teacher explained the rules, which were that they needed to run around the pit three times while being chased by the leaper, they began to run. The first few seconds were okay, but then the teacher released the leaper and in mighty hops, it was able to close the distance between the running students quickly. However, it might not have reached them so fast if the two were taking this activity seriously and running like their life depended on it. Bon is physically superior to Yukio, but his ego must be enormous. Because as they were running Bon was trying his best to mess up Yukio by kicking sand at him, or pushing him when he had an opportunity. Which caused both of them to fall behind, and the leaper was able to jump directly above them aiming to squash both of them like bugs. The only reason they didn't die right then was that the teacher pulled a lever he had hidden inside his coat, and it pulled the chain around the leaper's neck yanking it back away from the two of them. The rest of their run followed that pattern, and it was just terrible. Bon thinks he's so amazing, and Yukio is just weak. They didn't pass.
The next group was made of the others from Bon's little friend group called Koekohamaru and Shima. Their run was better than the previous one, only because they didn't hinder each other. Besides that everything about their run was at the same or often worse than the last. Neither of them had anything remarkable that would set them apart, and the bald Konekohamaru even fell a few times. They didn't pass either.
The third group to go was the boy with the puppeteer boy Takara, and the boy with the hood Yamada. Those two did pretty well as they were both able to casually outrun the leaper and stay in their blind spots. Even still, they did not pass, which is completely expected because the teacher had lied that he would give someone an A in the class. Though the two of them didn't seem perturbed at all.
After those two were the purple-haired girl Izumo, and Shiemi. Their run was practically identical to Bon and Yukio's Run. Izumo tried her best to prove her superiority over Shiemi, but she neglected the leaper and was almost killed several times. While on the other hand, Shiemi didn't seem like she was used to using her body this hard for running, and the fact that she was constantly being hindered by Izumo's attempts, so she also fell behind and almost got killed by the leaper. The teacher Tsubaki saved them both by pulling the Leaper back, and giving them a few seconds before the leaper was released again. Those two did not pass. Sigh, Shiemi may have exceptional spiritual energy, but her physical abilities are below par. She will need to work on that if she is to become stronger.
After that, the Paku girl was the only one left, and she decided that she would run by herself. When she ran there wasn't anything remarkable, and she just barely survived. She did not pass.
After all, the students were back on the ledge and given a chance to catch their breaths, the human teacher's phone rang. He retrieved the item from his pockets and placed it towards his ear. I don't care for his conversation, so I instinctively tune down my advanced hearing so I don't hear anything. The moment the teacher began listening his face began to turn a cherry red and be his lips began to twist in a lecherous grin.
"Hunny I can't…I know I know I said...I have to…...wait really...you're gonna do what with your tongue...seven times...all the way...well."
After a while, the teacher closed his phone and turned back to look at the students.
"Listen up class, some important business has come up, and I have to go. DOn't go into the arena and be good. Bye."
Before any of the students could protest the teacher turned towards the closest exit and ran full speed leaving the area with a literal trail of dust behind him.
"Did our teacher just leave for a booty call?"
"And here I thought this was supposed to be a prestigious school."
Conversations like those rang throughout the group of students for the next few minutes, but soon they died down. The next few minutes were filled with the students staying with their groups, and conversing with each other about how their days had gone. It was quite for a bit until the trio of boys who always stayed together walked over to Shiemi and Yukio. I could easily sense the emotions of the boys, and the most obvious was the rooster haired boy, Bon. His emotions were nothing but negative and anger with a bucket of bravado thrown in. Once he reached Yukio he began to speak.
"Hey, Yukio ya wimp. Correct me if I'm wrong but It looked as though you were having a problem staying ahead of that leaper huh. Though I guess it makes sense for the pampered brat who just got lucky to be adopted by the paladin, to be useless, don't you think?"
That comment seemed to rattle Yukio and his emotions were sent into a mess of emotions, and he put his head down. Pitiful. Then the rooster boy turned his head to Shiemi and spoke again.
"Oh look it's a little miss flower head, say how did the sand taste?"
Shiemi also put her head down in shame. Now, this Bon has crossed the line and struck a nerve because I don't care if someone makes fun of the annoying Yukio, but he just insulted my tamer and thus insulted me, and no one is allowed to do that.
"It makes sense you were so useless I mean seriously look at your summon. He looks so dumb and useless just like you. I bet he didn't even really take down those exorcists. You two are the perfect match for each other. Hahaha."
His annoying laughter echoed throughout the arena, followed by a few snickers from the other students in the class. I glanced over to Shiemi whose face is now a crimson red from embarrassment. Well now that things have taken this turn, I suppose I can punish this little brat now, maybe if I'm lucky he'll die.
I walk over to Bon, well at least walk in my sense because I was moving so fast that all the other students weren't able to even move a mussel, and then with an iron hand I grasp Bon's neck cutting off his oxygen flow and I lift him off the ground. He probably weighs somewhere between 160-180 pounds, but to me lifting him is like lifting air. It's nothing. Then before anyone, even Bon, realized what I had done I brought him over to the edge of the arena and dangled him there.
At this point, the rest of the students seem to realize what I had done because I heard them yelling and muttering to each other on the spectacle I was putting on.
"If I'm so useless then what does that make you. All you did was run away from those reapers trying to save your measly insignificant life. Did you forget that little fact, you must-have, so let me refresh your memory."
Before he could offer an ounce of resistance I released my hold on his neck, and he fell into the pit landing on the sound with a satisfying thud. With that. When he fell the students who had been yelling behind me rushed forward to stare down at the pit, and the events taking place. Down below with Bon who was slowly getting up, the leaper who was still on his chain turned towards the stranded student and began to jump over to where Bon was. By the time the leaper was within striking distance Bon had gotten up, but I could see he had some bruises, especially on his neck, and he had a trail of blood trickling from his mouth. His two friends who are still up here were yelling at him to run, but I could sense Bon's pride was hurt now and running would make him look even more like a wimp. He is going to try and face the leaper to prove my statement of him wrong. Though I can already tell he won't succeed in this endeavor.
Bon faced the Leaper who is already sizing him trying to determine if he would make a good snack or not. However, the thing that will determine if the Leaper attacks is the mental stability of Bon, and if he should falter or crack mentally then the Leaper will attack and kill him. There was a moment of silence because it seems that Bon is keeping his mental fortitude together. That's when he began to speak.
"I will not be beaten by a damn Leaper, I am the man No the exorcist who is going to defeat Satan. To avenge my SECT."
His yell of determination was more of a way for him to control his emotions and focus, and it seems that it's working because I can sense his emotions are beginning to stabilize; the boys who always accompany him, Shima and Konekamaru, were also stabilizing in emotions. I rolled my eyes because I know that this boy has no chance to even properly challenge my father. However, he doesn't know that Satan is my father and I intend to keep it that way for a while longer. Then Izumo spoke and shattered his illusions
"you defeat Satan! Ya right. That's a fool's dream, no wonder your sect got wiped out if they produced people like you."
I may not like the girl, but even I can appreciate an honest person, and it seemed her statement shook Bon to his very core. They might not have been able to see, but with my eyes, I could see Bon's eyes widen and his facial muscles tighten in apprehension. His emotions were also going into a frenzy and he was losing control. The moment that happened and the delicious sense of fear escaped. That's when the Leaper knew it could take him, and at that moment it lunged at Bon. The boy was barely able to roll out of the way of that attacking leaper who would have swallowed him had he not. Bon then began to run for his life as the determined Leaper chased after him with ravenous hunger and voracious tenacity.
All the students were yelling at him to run to one of the exits, but their voices were drowned out by Bon's fear and he was unable to discern what he should do. That's another red mark, if he is going to be an exorcist then this shouldn't shake him so much. Though I won't lie I am enjoying this show quite a bit. Seeing the wannabe bully who kind of reminds me of my older brother Astroth getting his ass handed to him on a silver platter, is quite cathartic. I wouldn't mind watching this for a while longer, but then I felt a pull on my right arm and I turned my attention to the source. It was Shiemi who's still red in the face, but I could sense a mixture of anger and worry escaping from her out of fear. What could have made her so angry, maybe she wanted to punish him first?
"Hurry up and save him!"
It took me a moment to process her words, but once I did I was shocked. Why on earth would she want me to save the person who was just humiliating her and her little friend Yukio? I say just let him die for his insults.
"Why would you want him to be saved? He is just another piece of scum only fit to be crushed underneath the mighty. And even if he wasn't, why should I go in there to help?"
My words seemed to send an explosion through her, and her emotions became one of singular anger, but why.
"I want you to save him because in this world we help everyone even if they are not the nicest people, and we don't just kill because we don't like someone. Furthermore, you will go help because I as your tamer say so. GO IN THERE AND SAVE HIM!"
She, she yelled at me. Now isn't this surprising perhaps I need to observe these human procedures more carefully than I thought, but even still she does make a fair point. She is my tamer and thus I am bound to obey her. I can already feel the bond connecting us trying to force me to do her bidding. If I wasn't conscious of this fact it might be able to control me, it is frightening how much latent potential Shiemi has, but dammit I wanted nothing more than to allow the Leaper to devoir Bon. Why did she have to get in the way, Shit?
Without any more words of resistance, I jump into the air and I land directly between Bon and the lunging Leaper. Said leaper was mid-jump, so it landed in front of me and instinctively clamped its maw on my raised arm. The teeth easily ripped through my flimsy sleeve, curse these damn Assian clothes, but the teeth weren't able to even break the outer epidermis of my arm. I could hear the sound of its teeth cracking. I glared at the Leaper, and with our physical contact, I sent an order. Release me. It crackled from my body like crackling electricity and flowing through the leaper's body. The moment it did, the leaper released my arm and placed its green head on the ground in a form of submission. Now that that's taken care of, I should deal with this pathetic human.
I turned to Bon who was crouched on the ground covered with sand and dirt. His entire body was shaking and shivering from fear. He most definitely is a failure. I lean down to him, and in a low voice so only we could hear I speak.
"You defeating Satan is a fool's dream. If you were almost killed by a lowly leaper then you wouldn't even be worth Satan's time. You are not even worth my time."
I grab his sullied collar, and with no effort once so ever I sling Bon, sending him soaring into the chairs surrounding the arena, and avoiding further injuries because his two friends were able to cushion his fall. I think that's enough for today, I've probably worn out my welcome today, and Assiah is losing its appeal. I'll return to Ghenna for now, and I hope I don't have to deal with my father.
"Hey, Shiemi rip that summoning paper you used to get me here. Call me back tomorrow morning."
I could easily sense that though she doesn't want to send me off; however, she was still willing to listen to my request. she still Shiemi shook her head in agreement and brought out the summoning paper, which was in her shorts. She ripped the paper in half, and I could feel it. It felt like whatever chains had been keeping me here were shattered, and it feels like I am becoming one with the air. Then as if I am being pulled, the visage of Assiah turns to darkness and I fall.
AN: Thank you, everyone, for reading this chapter. It means a lot to me that you took the time to read this chapter. Anyway, The 3rd chapter of this story probably won't be out until maybe Thursday or Wednesday because I have to post the next chapter to my Fairy tail fanfiction. If you have not checked it out please do. Anyway, chapter 3 of this story will most likely be only in Gehenna, so I can show what life is like for Rin. Finally, if there is anything that you want to talk to me about just go ahead, and I will respond as soon as possible. If you have any suggestions, ideas, or constructive criticism then go ahead, and leave a review. I am open to most ideas for the story. I hope you enjoy and please everyone stays safe, stay smart, and have a lovely day. BYE!
Edit: Thanks for reading or rereading this chapter after this revision. I will continue to revise and fix the following chapters so they are longer, more in-depth, and written better. Thank you for reading, and I hope you all have a splendid day.