AN: Hello, everybody, and welcome to the 6th chapter of The Summoned Prince. First, and foremost I am so, so, so sorry that I haven't posted a chapter in like a month. I was on vacation, and then I was sick for a while, but now I'm better. Anyway, I am so happy that so many of you are liking the story, and are willing to read my story. I never thought anybody would like my work. I am truly happy that you guys are reading this.
PS: Sorry this is short, and it's not my best work, but please just bear with me.
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Previously:
"What do I do until Shiemi goes to cram school?" I asked, turning to Mephisto.
"Oh, I have something in mind. Don't you worry." Samael grinned, sinister amusement dancing in his eyes.
Rin's POV
I turned to Samael suspiciously. "And what would that be?"
"We're going to have a little chat." Samael gave me a smirk as he snapped his fingers. The room around us seemed to disappear into a dark blue void. At first, I thought he was attacking me, I tried to summon Kurikara.
However, nothing happened, not my flames or any other powers worked. They felt like a dull point within my demon heart. I glared maliciously at Samael.
"What matter of trickery are you using this time, Samael?" I ground out his name between clenched jaws.
Samael gave a small chuckle at irritation., "Oh nothing much. Just put us into an itsy bitsy pocket dimension for the moment." He chuckled, "I am the King of Time and Space, Rin." I scowled as I realized what he was implying. "I made it specifically to be able to handle you, and your powers."
I growled at him, "Why? You know what would happen if father found out about this."
Samael let out an exaggerated sigh, "Yes, yes I know. I would more than likely be torn to pieces, and take at least a couple thousand years to reform. What a hassle. However, I have something that I simply must tell you."
"Fine. Say it and then release me.."
Samael finally stood up, "I peeked in on our little family meeting yesterday, so I know all the dirty details. It is a shame about Lucifer, isn't it? The fact that he still holds domain over light because of God's influences baffles me. Still, it's such a dreadfully boring idea this war….. I decided that I could make this upcoming clash a tad more interesting. Just a few bits of knowledge here and there. Straight from the center of Heaven." Samael strode around the empty void.
"What?! Do you know if Gehenna will win, or how to kill them?!" My attention was definitely grabbed. With enough tactical information, the war could be over before or not long after it begins.
"No such luck. But what I can tell you is when and how many."
I stared at him suspiciously, even though I knew I couldn't trust a word he was saying I felt like I should still listen. Samael continued, "It seems heaven is getting restless. The angels have been moving for quite some time, and they have planned this very well. Their beginning forces will be a powerful combination of angels in mixed ranks. Still, the attack consists of nearly 1000 angels in rank. This attack is led by three of God's archangels out of 7 total."
I gave him another suspicious look, "And just who are these archangels? Can't you give Gehenna more? You have to know ways of defeating angels quickly. How do you even know this information in the first place? "
Samael remained composed, "My Dear Rin, even though my powers may be nowhere near as strong as God's I am still able to see into heaven. It too is a part of space, albeit a very annoyingly protective part but under my domain nonetheless. Every now and then for reasons undiscerned, I am able to peek on over into Heaven. Just to see what they're doing, get in on a little bit of angel gossip. Ya know, people are right when they say the good ones have all the fun." Samael smiled widely, wiggling his eyebrows a bit.
"Ugh, just finish telling me about heaven." I glared at him heavily, I was just 2 jokes away from my temper boiling over.
"Right right, that…. Well even before I left Ghenna father often used me to spy on heaven. Now to answer your other problem. I won't, and I don't have to do anything. You see, I don't care about this war, how it ends, what domains are taken, who lives or dies. Well except you, you do seem to be lots of fun and I'd hate to lose such an entertaining little brother." He smirked, white fangs peeking out of his mouth. The only thing I desire from it is that it be interesting. Telling you anything more would be like guaranteeing Ghenna's victory, and where's the fun in that?"
I balled my fist, I was so close to trying to tear Samael apart. And oooh did he know it. Here he was, the 2nd prince of Gehenna, and he knew who was about to attack Gehenna, but he wasn't going to tell us how to win.
Before I could say anything some horrible, tacky music started to play. Samael looked at his weird looking watch.
"My how time does fly," I watched as his stupid watch flapped stupid fake wings up and down. He grinned foolishly. "It looks like it's time for a certain girl to be getting out of school right now. And for a certain demon to join her."
"I may not know much about school in Assiah but there is no way in Gehenna is that damned school already over." I said angrily.
Samael chuckled again, "King of Space," he gestured to the void around us, which had begun to fade a bit, "and of Time." He tapped his watch, that stupid smile back on his face. "True Cross academy maybe 9 hours but I am not willing to wait for this excitement. I made this pocket dimension so time would go by much faster. We may have only been in here for 5 minutes, but in Assiah 9 hours have passed." I gritted my teeth. I knew he had fooled me into thinking I had time. Before I could reply he said, "Time to send you to ."
I gave Samael one final death glare, and then he waved his hand. My vision filled with pink and coffee as the void disappeared and then it changed again. I was standing in the shade of a tree that faced the opening of the school. I saw a mass of students pouring out of the building. I scanned their faces and finally saw Shiemi walking out of the school with that Yukio boy again. She quickly noticed me and headed over.
At first, Yukio didn't realize who I was, but as they got closer I could tell that he knew who I was. His face visibly sunk, he tried to walk more confidently, I could see that he straightened up his back. He was probably trying to act tough, but it wasn't impressing me in the least. I have seen baby coltars that look tougher than him.
The two finally escaped the crowd and made it to where I was standing.
"Hey, Rin! How was your day?"
I turned to her, my face left blank in an effort to hid my leftover annoyance with Samael.
"It was fine."
Shiemi smiled, but Yukio looked like a deer in headlights. He was barely able to stand in front of me, and to top it off he was practically cowering behind Shiemi. Such a wimp.
"We should probably head to cram school now."
Yukio looked shocked, he turned Shiemi to him and tried to whisper something in her ears. Apparently, he didn't realize that I, and most demons, have ears strong enough to hear within 5 miles of me. So, listening to his exaggerated whispers was simple.
"Shiemi you aren't seriously thinking about bringing it to cram school are you?"
"Why not? He is my summon, and I'm supposed to have him wherever I go, aren't I?"
Yukio made a tsk sound, "Yeah, but it isn't just a normal demon. It can understand us, and for all, we know it might be playing you, Shiemi."
Shiemi thought for a second, but said, "We'll just have to see, but until then I'll do what I want with Rin."
Yukio looked shocked and fearful but he stayed quiet. Good.
He backed away from me a bit and began to walk away.
Shiemi looked from him to me, "I guess we should follow him."
I shrugged, I don't really care where we go. Shiemi smiled, and began to walk after Yukio, I followed behind her. We went to some area in the school, and Yukio pulled out one of those exorcist keys. He inserted it into a random door and opened it to reveal the hall that their class was in. I followed behind Yukio and Shiemi as they walked to their class, and I silently walked in behind them.
Inside everyone else besides the teacher was there. When I walked in I felt a rush of emotions directed at me. There was fear, anger, disgust, contempt, and a whole swarm of other emotions. I let out a small smirk, all of their stupid hatred was in vain. I knew that none of these puny humans could do anything, and none of them would probably have the guts to try me anyway. Shiemi and Yukio walked to the table they had sat at before, taking the same seats. I walked over to Shiemi and sat on the floor beside her.
"Why don't you sit in the chair behind us Rin?" Shiemi said looking at me.
"Oh please, I'm not some weak human who can't handle sitting on the floor." I rolled my eyes at how weak all these humans where.
"Alright then if your fine with it." She turned from me and brought out a notebook from her bag.
The teacher then walked in with a briefcase and went straight to his desk. He looked over everyone in the room and didn't even bat an eye when he scanned over me.
"Alright class since I trust everyone is here let's go ahead start." He wrote demon physiology on the board behind him. He droned on and on about the different types of demons, what king they fall under, and their weaknesses. I rolled my eyes at how these humans thought that they could overpower demons with just this information. I wonder if there is even a single competent exorcist in existence that could hold their own against any of my kin.
"So the tail is the demon's weakest point?" Asked the bald boy named Konohamaru.
"Technically yes. However, it is almost impossible to grab a higher ranking demon's tail. Especially those of a humanoid demon." informed the teacher. I could feel everyone's eyes turn towards me, and my exposed tail flicking angrily at my side. I let out a long irritated growl, and everyone turned their heads back to the front. "Almost impossible because they are usually well hidden and out of reach." The teacher attempted to ignore the pause and resume teaching.
The rest of the class was uneventful, all it did was make me scoff at these students even more.
"Hey Shiemi, where are you going?" Yukio asked as class ended and students packed up.
"Rin and I have to go to Ms. Grom now." Shiemi said as she finished packing. She looked down at me, a signal to go.
I nodded and got up. I walked over to the door where Shiemi was waiting. She smiled at me, and I rolled my eyes. She looked a bit disappointed but got over it in the next second. She pulled out a key and placed it in the door to open it. She walked in, I followed behind her.
When we entered, a woman with black hair and glasses was sitting behind a desk working on something. I assume that she was the lady Shiemi was talking about. I think her name was , but it doesn't really matter to me. She looked up from what she was doing and instantly smiled. Without any caution, she jumped from her desk and ran in front of us. Actually, I should say she ran in front of me.
I cocked my eyebrow at her, leaning back to avoid making contact. Shiemi looked confused as well. "Mrs. Grom is there something wrong?" Asked a concerned looking Shiemi.
"Oh, no dear. I've just never seen a demon who looks so humanoid, and is not trying to kill me."
"Believe me, I'd like to." I rolled my eyes and looked down at her.
Seeming a bit stunned by my response, she composed herself and went back to the desk.
"Alright, so I suppose we should get started. My name is Katherine Grom, but you two can call me Katherine. I am the head of the Tamers, and Paladin Fujimoto has decided that I will be the one to train you two."
Shiemi nodded in acknowledgment. "So what exactly are we doing?" asked Shiemi. I gave a slight roll of my eyes, she's always so eager.
"Oh, nothing much. Today will just be a few tests to see where your abilities lie in terms of individual strengths."
"I will be testing both of you in physical, mental, and power. Now then I will start with endurance first. Shiemi, I want you to run 5 laps as fast as you can, and Rin I want you to run 50."
Shiemi nodded, I scoffed at
"Um, where are we going to run? The gym is being used by the other class." Shiemi asked quietly
Katherine smiled as she brought out a small remote, and pressed a button on it. There was a small click, and the wall behind her began to rise. Shiemi's mouth was open in shock, her eyes sparkling with amazement. I guess I was slightly interested. The whole wall rose into the ceiling, revealing a huge 800-meter indoor track with a green turf center.
"Does that answer your question?" Katherine asked with a sly smile on her face. Shiemi nodded her head slowly as if still shaking off her surprise.
Katherine began walking towards the track after motioning for both me and Shiemi to follow behind her.
"You both have one hour to complete your task. Whatever feels comfortable" She said as we arrived at the edge of the track.
Shimei nodded again. out her hand out to start and Shiemi began running as fast as she could. If I had to describe it I would say it was like a duck trying to run in flip-flops. Utterly pitiful. She stumbled every other step, and she was running so slow. I hung my head down in shame.
"When are you going to run your 50 Rin?" Katherine looked at me with a quizzical, but also a challenging gaze. I gave a sly smirk and headed over to the track. By this time Shiemi was halfway around the track. I stretched my legs a bit and then got into a slight running position.
I shot off the start line, my supernatural speed kicking in. As a demon, I was obviously faster than a normal human, and that's not even comparable to whatever Shiemi's average speed was. I was able to catch up to Shiemi and passed her immediately. I quickly finished my 50 laps before Shiemi finished her 5. She looked ready to keel over.
After she finished her laps Katherine had us do some more physical exercises until our time with us was almost over.
"Alright, you two our time together is almost over. Go ahead and hit the showers, and since you two already did more than enough physical labor I'll write up an excuse to ."
"Thank you ." Shiemi replied as she was about to fall over from exhaustion. I rolled my eyes, still annoyed by how weak Shiemi truly was. I sighed, following her as she walked over to the washrooms. She went into the girls, and I headed into the males. Apparently, I even showered faster than Shiemi.
When I was down, I went outside and leaned against the middle wall separating the bathrooms. I waited until eventually, Shiemi came out. At first, she didn't see me, but when she turned her head she was startled and let out a small squeak.
"Oh, Rin I didn't see you there."
"I can tell."
She smiled and said, "Why don't we go ahead and head back to class?"
I shrugged. I didn't really care one way or the other.
We headed out of the field, stopped at the desk where was.
"Mrs. Grom, could you tell me where my class is?"
"Of course." She then went onto typing. "Your class is with in the gym. As I said before I already sent him a letter excusing you from exercise."
"Thanks, ." Shiemi said as she gave a polite bow. "We'll be on our way to class then."
" I can't wait for our time again tomorrow." Shiemi nodded, and we left the room into the hallway. As we headed to her class, I couldn't but think that if every day is going to be this boring then I might as well just stay in Gehenna.
(Unknown POV)
"Are all the preparations going smoothly, Afriel?" I asked, shifting on my throne.
"Yes, sir. The rift has almost opened, and a force of 1000 has been assembled per your orders." Replied Afriel.
"Send in brother Gabriel, and sister Ariel. Those two will probably complain so tell them it's a direct order from me."
"As you wish. If I may ask, why is it that you would send 2 of the 7 archangels at the beginning of our return?"
"I suppose there's no reason to keep this from you. You are my most trusted friend. You see I've been having premonitions that this war will be much harder than we would like to think."
"But sir, we're angels; those filthy demons could never overpower us!"
"If it was as simple as that then why do you think God created Earth. It's because they grew in strength so fast that we weren't ready for them. God feared for us, so he created Earth. Earth has become a vital middle ground between angels and demons. Without it as a mediator, many more of our brothers and sisters would have perished in a war without end. Even as angels, we must be sure not to fall to sins such as pride, we are not all-powerful. Those demons know our weaknesses all too well, but this time, we will fight on even terms."
Afriel still looked concerned, but answered anyway, "I understand. I shall go and relay your orders to Lord Gabriel, and Lady Ariel."
Afriel spread his four shining wings and flew out of my chamber. I let out a long sigh. I began to feel another premonition taking hold of my mind.
(Rin's POV)
The rest of the day with Shiemi was even more uneventful. Watching them study how to kill demons like me, the constant arguing, and all that pointless anger pointed at me. Nothing new. The day finally ended, and now Shiemi was taking me back to her dorm.
As we were walking down the sidewalk she was talking to me about another pointless topic. I had tuned out a few minutes ago, and whenever she asked me a question I would either stay quiet or shrug.
However, then I felt something that I didn't expect, it stopped me dead in my tracks. Not fear but surprise and dark expectation. Coming towards me was a moderately strong demonic aura, fresh out of Gehenna and echoing with Satan's essence. I felt the power glide through the air smoothly.
I snapped my head to the sky, watching carefully. The thing that got me was that this aura had appeared in the middle of the city. It didn't fly through the barrier, instead, it just appeared and began flying straight toward me. Such a tactic would be important.
"Stop." I said in a stern voice to Shiemi. She and looked at me wearily. I still had my head facing up, sight jumping across the sky.
"Rin, what's wrong?" She looked up as well but found nothing. I was about to answer her when I caught sight of the demon I was sensing. I instantly recognized it as a messenger demon. A demon with the characteristics of a raven with the exception of a razor-sharp silver beak and 3 beady red eyes.
Shiemi saw the demon I was staring at but assumed it a normal bird.
"Rin why are you staring at the crow like that?" I ignored her.
I quickly glanced around, ensuring we were alone. I pushed off the ground, shooting into the air, hand out at the creature. It latched onto my arm, digging in its talons.
I landed heavily on the ground, hidden in a dark alley next to where I'd been walking. The demon moved onto my shoulder, his claw marks disappearing. The crow opened its beak near my ear. From the beak came my father's voice.
"Rin, we need you back in Gehenna now. No discussion." I narrowed my eyes. This couldn't be good.
Shiemi popped up at the front of the alley, very confused. She came closer, letting out a slight gasp as she realized the crow was a demon.
I held the raven in my hands now, thinking. It looked at me and nodded. I gave a solitary nod back before I burst my palms into flames, effectively incinerating the message and demon with it. Then I turned to Shiemi.
"I need you to rip up my summoning paper."
"What why!?" She said in a confused voice.
"I can't explain now, but I just need you to do it. Now."
Shiemi seemed opposed to it, and I was about to say something else, but I held back. She pulled out the summoning paper from the pocket inside her uniform. She gave me one more look, and I could clearly see the sadness in them. However, she ripped the paper just like I asked, and everything went black.
AN: Sorry, this chapter is a little short, but I promise the next one will be longer. Next, if you have any questions, ideas, or concerns then just PM me. If it's a good one I might even be able to add it to the story. Also, I really hope that you guys leave some more reviews because I want to hear your thought. All of your thoughts. Finally please spread the word about this story to your friends and family who like stuff like this.
