Chapter 9
AN: Welcome back everyone to chapter 9. I hope that you guys enjoy it, and without further ado let's begin.
Before Chamuel appears in True Cross
(Satan POV )
I looked at the pitiful demon who was bowing to me with his forehead pressed against the black obsidian floor. The ogre demon had green skin, pointy ears, and beady yellow eyes. His raggedy fur clothes smelled of rotting flesh and dirt. I schooled my face into practiced boredom then turned my attention back to the demon.
"Correct me if I am wrong, but you would like me to allocate resources to your village so you can rebuild."
"Yes my lord the red ogres attacked us in the middle of the night and destroyed our village. Without you, we won't survive the winter. Please, I beg of you."
"Oh. you beg of me." I rolled my eyes, a dark grin painted on my face, what a pitiful creature, "Then I ask you: what would I gain in return for helping your village?"
The demon straightened his back in defiance before realizing his mistake and bending it back.
"Please my lord. We have always given you everything you asked for, and you have never had a problem with us, so please lord Satan I beg of you."
I moved my head so it rested on my right hand's knuckles. I let out a sigh and thought about it for a second.
"I have decided. I will give you the necessary equipment," I paused, "however, in return I want every ogre capable of combat to enlist in Amaimon's army. You are under him after all."
"But my lord," He lifted his head to argue, almost making eye contact before lowering his head again, he continued in a softer manner "we ogres are not fit for battle. We would only hinder the army."
"Nonsense. If you cannot fight then you can serve as living shields. Quite an effective system, wouldn't you agree?"
The ogre's face darkened and he opened his mouth to say something, pausing and I could tell he was trying to figure out if it was worth it to argue.
"There is no more room for discussion. Dismissed." I said as I waved my hand to usher him to leave
The Ogre stood up and shortly bowed, about to walk out of the room, "And if my son tells me that you did not report to him, I'll have all of the ogres enlisted, regardless of age or condition." He stops at the door, "But-!" He was about to turn around but saw the blue torch flames flare, shock flashed on his face, "Th-Thank you, m-my lord" he said shakily. I could sense the hatred just oozing from him as he left the room.
Once he was gone I stood up from my throne. I was rather annoyed. I had been listening to demons complain all day. Normally, I could let my children handle these things, but today I had decided the war preparations were more important and I just so happened to be free. Dealing with whining demons truly does test my nerves. I walked down the dias and began to closest exit. However, before I was able to I sensed something that I hadn't in a long time. It felt like there were feathers falling on my brain. Light prickly feathers. I only feel this kind of sensation when there are angels involved.
For a moment I was worried that the angels had somehow opened heaven early, but when I focused on it I could tell that this wasn't an army of angels. It was just one angle, and it wasn't even physically there. I let a smile spread onto my face as I immediately understood what was happening.
I started laughing, a dark hollow sound, "So, this is their grand plan. Warn the humans. Ha. If that's all they have, then this will be even easier than I thought." I focused on the angel's aura and I was able to bring a piece of my consciousness the where the angel was. With my consciousness present, I was able to see what was happening.
There was a crowd of exorcists all looking at what appeared to be a courthouse which was covered with golden light in the shape of angel's wings, and at the top of the steps stood the angel. As I looked at the angel I could feel a mild pulsing headache blossom. I smirked, for the astral form of an angel to bother me, it had to at least be one of the archangels. Any other demon present would be writhing in pain or already dead; but for a demon king and higher, it was barely a bother.
Once I got a better look at the angel I could tell exactly who it was. Chamuel. I smirked, the last time I had seen her she had been nothing but a newly formed angel who had no control over her own powers. Now, look at her. I could tell her ego had inflated quite a bit and I couldn't wait to crush it.
I watched as she gave her little speil to the humans, and when she was done her astral form flew back to Heaven. I brought the severed piece of my consciousness back to me. I noticed how all the maids and butlers were looking at me with scared expressions. I really didn't care though because now that Heaven had made its move, it was time for me to make mine.
(Shiemi POV)
After everything that happened last night with the golden light the regular school had been shut down and all the non-exorcist students had been sent home until further notice. However, cram school was still going; in fact, we were told to come to cram school at the same time that regular classes would have started.
I was thinking about all of this as I looked in the mirror of my room. It was 7:55 and I was going to have to leave soon, but there was one thing bothering me. I didn't know if I should summon Rin or not. Last time we talked he had asked me to send him back, and he may not be ready to come back to Assiah but I might really need him today.
I considered it for a while and I ultimately decided to at least test and see if Rin would come if I summoned him. I really hoped he would.
I took out one of the summoning papers that I had, I bit my thumb and smeared the blood on the paper.
"I call the sapphire Prince of Satan's embrace! Become my sword as I your wielder!"
An unnatural silence filled the room and it seemed like everything was holding its breath. I felt a warmth sprout in my chest and then quickly die out. Once it did I heard "You called?"
I immediately turned around and was greeted by the sight of Rin sitting on my bed like he owned the place. He was giving me one of the most obvious smirks I had seen in a long time.
"You know it's been a while since I've been in a female room, but I have to say, I'm not impressed."
I felt my cheeks warm but I calmed myself down.
"A-Anyway, Rin. Are you okay?"
He raised his eyebrow and his tail slightly flicked up as he responded.
"Why are you asking me that?"
"Because the last time I saw you it seemed like there was something seriously bothering you and since I'm your summoner I would like to know if there's something the matter." I paused, "And I'm your friend."
He looked at me to see if I was serious, and when he realized I was he rolled his eyes.
"Look Shiemi there is no reason for you to worry yourself with my problems, so as far as you are concerned, there's nothing the matter."
I could tell he was keeping something from me and it made me sad that Rin didn't trust me enough to tell what the real problem was. Eventually, we'll get to the point where we can truly trust each other.
"Okay, Rin. Then let's go ahead and go."
(Time skip)
Cram school had just started and currently, we were in 's demon physiology class. As usual, I was sitting next to Yukio, Rin was sitting on the floor next to me, Izumo and Paku were sitting next to each other, and Bon, Konekomaru and Shima were sitting together. Yamato and Takara were sitting in the back by themselves.
However, there was a heavy sheet of silence spread on the whole classroom as everyone had on worried faces and no one talked louder than a whisper. Especially Yukio, who hadn't said a word since yesterday.
After a few minutes, the door to the classroom opened and in walked in the standard exorcist dragoon uniform. He had a serious face on, and he was carrying a thick black briefcase with him.
"Good morning everyone"
Nobody responded to him, but that didn't seem to affect him at all. He went over to the board and began to write Demon Physiology. Once he did that he turned back to the class, set his briefcase down, and looked at us with stern eyes.
"Alright, let's go ahead and tackle the elephant in the room."
We all knew what he was referring to.
"As I'm sure you all know yesterday there was an.. incident in True Cross. A beam of golden light sprouted from the courthouse and a," he sighed, "A being came out. The supposed archangel Chamuel, and it warned us that Gehenna plans to launch the largest invasion force ever recorded. It also said that Heaven will open up and angels will come to our defense in six months. Currently, the Vatican is investigating the claims, but in the meantime, we are strengthening all of our defenses just to be safe. We have also decided to shut down all our bases to the public. So, with that out the way, I want you all to know that at the moment there is no reason for you all to be worried, but you should be prepared nonetheless. Now, let us begin the lesson."
No one spoke, but the tension in the room seemed to lighten just a little as we were reassured by.
"Mr. Talch do you think that was an angel or not?" Asked Izumo with a flat expression.
He seemed to think about it for a second as if he was choosing his words very carefully.
"I will hold off my judgment as to whether that was an angel or not. Is that fine ?"
She scoffed at the dismissal.
"Everyone lets start with some reviews. Who here can tell me a demon's main two weaknesses?"
Yukio answered first.
"The demon's tail and heart. If the tail is pulled, broken, or ripped off then it will cause severe pain to the demon and possibly leave them permanently disabled. If you damage the demon's heart then the chances of it dying are high."
"Excellent Okumura. Those are the best way to kill or damage a demon for sure, but the higher level the demon then the harder it will be to do that. Ms. Moriyama, would you agree with that? Since your summon is a higher ranking demon."
I jumped a little at being called out about Rin. I slightly turned my head and could see that Rin was just barely looking at me to see what I was going to answer. I also noticed that everyone else's eyes were on him and me. The one who had the most intense glare was Yukio. I thought about the answer for a second and decided.
"Yes, Rin was very sensitive when I almost touched his tail, and I feel that he would have stopped me no matter what."
Everyone in the room nodded and turned back to. While they did that I let out a breath that I hadn't realized I was holding. The rest of the class was normal until it came to the end. had just finished teaching and was about to dismiss us, but instead, he turned to me and Rin again.
He said, " I assume you brought your key that grants access to 's room correct?"
I nodded.
"Good, then you and your summon are to go to her room immediately. You will stay with her for the rest of the day."
I was shocked to hear this and from the corner of my eye, I could see that Rin was slightly interested in what we were talking about. I was about to say something when Bon interrupted me.
"What the hell? Why does she get to spend all day with one of the best exorcists in the world? What makes her so special?"
"Regrettably, I also have to agree with Bon. I don't understand what is so important that Shiemi must spend so much time in elite training." Izumo added, then glared at Rin, "Even if she has a special summon."
I was actually really embarrassed that people were talking about me so much. , on the other hand, seemed to be annoyed.
"Everybody listen. You all seem to misunderstand just how special Shiemi's summon is. Based on our current knowledge of demon strength, a humanoid summon would be in the upper B tier. He could be extremely strong and will be a valuable asset to the Vatican. So yes, she will get special attention, and I don't want to hear any more complaining. go ahead and go."
I quickly stood up and said, "yes sir."
Rin stood with me as we walked over to the door and I turn the key in the lock, I took a glance over the room. Even though no one was objecting there were quite a few people still mad. I sighed, hanging my head, making new friends would be so much harder now. I passed through the portal door, Rin pausing before following me.
(Rin POV)
All during the damn cram school, my mind had been working endlessly. All because that Talch person said that an archangel came down and warned the exorcists about our invasion. If I had not been on a mission for father then I could have, and would have, burned all the humans in the room to ash. I spent the rest of the class composing myself so I wouldn't look suspicious to Shiemi.
These weak classmates of her's need to get in line. Eye-brows especially, like she has the right to glare at me. Or to bully my summoner like that.
Now that the class was over I was walking behind Shiemi as she led me to that Grom woman. I watched as Shiemi looked at her classmates in sadness. I paused behind Shiemi and turned to the class. I bared my teeth and gave a light growl, narrowing my eyes at them. Fear flashed across their faces. Good, that's what they get for making Shiemi feel like that. I turned, a faint smirk on my face.
We were back in the woman's office, but this time the far wall that led to the indoor field was already up. I saw that Grom was leaning on her desk facing us. Today she was wearing a black pantsuit and had a strange grin plastered on her face.
"HELLO, you two." She greeted as she saw us enter. She stood up and met us in the middle as we walked over.
"Good Morning Ms. Grom," Shiemi replied.
"Same to you Shiemi, and what about you Rin."
I rolled my eyes, but it didn't seem to faze the lady.
"I'm so happy you two are here today. As you remember, yesterday I tested both of your physical abilities."
She looked to us on that and Shiemi nodded while I just kept a blank face.
"Good. Today I will be testing both of your skills but before that, I need to know a little bit more about Rin."
With that, she snapped her fingers and from the shadows of the room came two huge demons. They were both at least 6'0, they looked like overly muscular rats on two feet. They were carrying chairs which they put behind us. The one that brought my chair was about to bow to me but I psychically told him not to and he obeyed.
We all sat down at Ms. Grom's desk, "Now then Rin, do you mind if I ask you a few questions?"
"Don't care."
"Good, let's begin. What king do you fall under?"
I internally smirked as I voiced a rehearsed answer.
"Lord Lucifer." I paused, "All shadow demons, including me, follow Prince Lucifer because he's the closest to a king of shadows, I guess."
She nodded and wrote down my response on a piece of paper.
"What are your abilities?"
"I can manipulate shadows for travel and stuff like that. Or controls humans with their shadows. If I use more of my power I can make a shadow clone of myself." I downplayed most of my shadow abilities, couldn't be too powerful for just a 'normal demon,' now could I?
Ms. Grom started writing on her paper again, mumbling a bit under her breath, which I heard clear as day, "Demon rank… mid to upper-level A." She looked up at us, "What are your intentions for being here in Assiah?"
Her words seemed to silence even the air in the room. Like the world was holding its breath for the answer. I could feel Shiemi's eyes on me from the side, and Ms. Grom was staring at me.
As if I wouldn't be prepared.
I let out a sigh, "Nothing really. I just wanted to see what Assiah is like. I normally don't come and I've heard that there are a lot of fun things to do here, so when I was summoned I just accepted it."
She wrote down my response again.
"Now, last question. Are you willing to kill and be killed for your summoner?"
I was tempted to scoff at her, no of course not; but I pretended to think about it for a second, "No. I'm okay with killing for her but being killed isn't really high on my agenda so if it's at all possible I will try to avoid it."
Ms. Grom's face brightened, "Excellent. Most demons say they would and I never believe them because there's no way a demon would just accept death like that. It's good to know that your honest, Rin. Now then let's truly begin your lesson. You two can go ahead and head to the field, I just have to file some papers."
Shiemi nodded and got up, and I followed behind her. As we were walking to the field Shiemi said, "I didn't know you were a shadow demon. Why didn't you tell me?"
"You never asked." I walked a bit ahead of her.
Once we made it to the field, Grom came running from the opening that went to her office.
"Alright Shiemi I want you to stand behind me, and Rin I want you to show us a basic attack that you would use in a fight. You can aim at those test dummies over there." She pointed across the room.
I looked over to some test dummies that were a few yards away from me and nodded. Shiemi smiled to me and walked behind Grom. I sighed, to make sure I kept my cover I was going to have to dial down my power even more. I put my hands together and waited for a second. I began to spread them apart, and in my hand began to form a sword that was covered in shadows. Grom and Shimei both looked in amazement at my fully made katana that was covered in shadows.
"That's amazing Rin."
"Yes, it is very impressive."
I rolled my eyes, "I call this shadow slash."
I swung the sword down and a wave of shadows shot out. It passed through two of the test dummies. There was silence, and then the upper halves of the dummies slid off from the bottoms and fell to the ground with a thud.
I heard clapping from behind me and turned to see Shiemi clapping in amazement. I mentally sighed knowing that she probably hasn't seen much dealing with demon's abilities because, to be honest, that wasn't very impressive.
"Excellent, Rin. You called that Shadow Slash, correct?"
"Yeah."
"What else can you do?"
I smiled, "Plenty more."
(2-hour time-skip)
We spent two hours on me demonstrating my mental, physical, and energy abilities. Each time Grom and Shiemi would applaud me, and after a while, I accepted it even though it was annoying. Grom also had Shiemi begin training to control her powers and building up her physical strength. After all of it was said and done Shiemi was almost ready to pass out, and I was as fine as ever.
"Excellent, you two, I got some great data. You can both go ahead and leave. You should be going to Shiemi's aria class."
"Alright, Ms. Grom," Shiemi said as she struggled to stand up. She ran over to the showers with me walking behind her. I was still only thinking about one thing.
What were we going to do now that the humans knew we were planning to invade?
(Unknown POV)
I sat in my throne looking at my two siblings who would lead our angels charge back to Assiah, and all they could think about was how annoying it was that they were the ones that had to do it.
"Brother, why does it have to be us? You know I had plans."
Gabriel complained. His silver hair shone against his white skin, perfectly matching his silver eyes and 6 white wings. He was wearing black robes with a white belt and a purple scarf draped on his shoulders, each side marked with a golden cross.
Next to him stood Ariel who looked equally pissed. She had extremely dark brown hair that was tied behind her in a french braid. Her green eyes shown against brown skin, and she was wearing a green robe that had been tied at the waist and arm bends. She was also wearing a cross hanging from her neck and had 6 wings sprouting from her back.
Gabriel the messenger of God and Ariel nature incarnate. They are very powerful beings but right now they were just being very annoying.
"Listen, you two. I don't care about what you had planned because you should have known this was going to happen for a couple of centuries, and besides this is all for the sake of God and nothing comes before that. Right?"
I knew they agreed with me as they strained to find an answer that was still in their favor. Ariel was the one who tried to answer first.
"Yes I agree with you brother," the words were more than a little strained, "but I have so many things that I have already been assigned to."
"I have to agree with sister Ariel. Why don't you have a different high ranking angel take charge? Why does it have to be an archangel?"
I slammed my fist onto the armchair which sent a wave of force that forced both of them back a little.
"We all know why archangels must go! It's true that for an archangel a demon is nothing but a bug, but the demons have acquired many powerful beings the likes of which we have never had to face. Take the 8 demon kings, they are all within the same power range of an archangel. There is Lucifer and Samael who worry me the most. "
Ariel and Gabriel were silent as I mentioned their names.
"As I'm sure you both know those two were the ones in the original war and they caused the most destruction besides Satan himself, and Lucifer, he was once one of us. He was a saved child from the accursed demon's world and he was brought into God's arms. He betrayed us and killed so many when he did. Even though he was cast out to die, he survived and has been with Satan this whole time. Then there's Samael who claims to have switched to our side, but his power is enough to devastate Heaven's forces. Satan still makes those two look like mere children in the face of his own power. I fear I am the only one who could possibly defeat Satan and Lucifer."
Gabriel scoffed, "Why of course brother you are the leader of the four archangels. You are the strongest, purest, and most perfect creation that God has created. You are Michael, God's right hand. Besides you have already beaten Satan when he was in Heaven last time."
"True I did. However, that was a very special case because God himself gifted me the power to defend Heaven, and it was truly fantastic. I can no longer use that power for too long, and I fear it may not last long enough to defeat Satan if he should ever make it out of Gehenna. So you see why I need you two to go to Assiah from the start. If we have our strongest forces there at the beginning then I have nothing to fear. You two are dismissed."
It looked like they wanted to argue, but they both bowed their heads and flew out of the chamber muttering to each other. Once they were gone I leaned back into my throne. I sighed at how many things are happening now. However, there was something laying even heavier on my mind. The rumors of a 9th Demon King. Worse, that he is an heir to the blue flames. I had looked into the matter, and there started to be more and more evidence of the rumor being true.
This war would be hard enough to fight against the demons. And against Lucifer, my lost brother.
I remembered so many happy memories with him. I remembered all those years of him training me on how to fight and how to lead. Of when he stood next to god as his right-hand. Before he-
Flashes of worse memories filled my head.
Dead Angels laying everywhere the eye could see
Blood splattered everywhere
Blue flames spread throughout the holy city
Lucifer holding his sword to my head
And Satan barging into God's castle with the doors slamming behind him.
I shook the visions from my mind. I clenched my fist and gritted my teeth in anger at how weak I was and how much I hated Lucifer for his betrayal. But there was still a voice inside me that longed for the days before Lucifer left. A voice that still pulled me to tears at the thought of fighting Lucifer again.
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