Author's note; I do not own Ao No Exorcist, or any of the characters. Reviews and/or ideas are loved! I get writer's block a lot and small things give can give me inspiration~ ;D Read and review, yes? Help me make this fanfic even better?

** Oh! I have gotten a lot of good feedback so I will be rewriting most of this after it's all written out a first time around. Consider this a rough draft of sorts? There's a lot that I neglected to include and I want to do so. Of course, there are also a lot of other issues that I've been made aware of that I really want to fix. Sorry for any annoyance. I'll be sure to add more details in the next chapter ; as it will be the last~

Until Amaimon wrapped his arm around Naoki's waste, hoisted her up, and basically disappeared from the class's view.

Naoki was so taken off-guard that she froze. She said not a word as Amaimon shot their way to the roof of the school buildings. At least, she was silent until the feeling of her stomach twisting in mid-air snapped her out of her previous state. With a mortified expression she glanced at the slowly retreating ground and back to the growing-ever-closer sky. With a shriek she clung to Amaimon and closed her eyes, waiting until he had placed her safely on the roof of the school before daring to glance at the world around her once again.

Her feet felt cement, her stomach stopped doing summersaults in her chest cavity, and the scenery was no longer flying past her (in the wrong direction). Finally, she uttered a sigh of relief before turning around to glare daggers at the green haired male that had been so foolish as to kidnap her from her classroom.

Neither of them saw it coming.

In an instant Naoki had raised her hand and allowed it to come into contact with the male's cheek so fast that it left a nice red mark. Her blue eyes tore into his and she felt the tears welling up. A nanosecond later she fell to her knees; exhausted.

Her fear of heights had come about from her cousin constantly pushing her out of trees as a child. In her mind heights had translated into falling and getting hurt.

And it was that childhood experience that had her drained of energy while standing on the roof of the Academy's building. A place she had thought that she'd never have to come to. Let alone be dragged to. Her black hair fell out of it's neatly placed bun and framed her face. It offered a nice safety net for the female to hide behind while she agonized over her predicament. Or it would have.

Before Naoki could come up with a plan regarding what to do, she heard the screams and yelling of her classmates as they raced towards her location. Amaimon heard them too. Without a word or warning, he picked the female back up and jumped right off the roof. His feet touched the ground once more and he sprung away. Naoki screamed and hid her face in the crook of his neck; not wanting to see what happened next.

That was exactly where she stayed, in a mini-panic attack, the entire way to her old neighborhood. Finally, Amaimon set her down once more, this time allowing her to stay there. He glanced back at they path they had come and a smile tugged at the corners of his lips. He was obviously pleased with the lack of exorcists trailing after. Something that was apparent when he turned back to Naoki beaming.

Once again the female was on all fours, thanking the heavens above that she was alive, and trying to keep any tears from flowing freely. When she was positive that she'd be okay, and was mentally capable of standing up again, Naoki rose to her feet. She took one look at Amaimon and a sinister expression adorned her face. "What. The. Hell!" she screamed. Her arms waved wildly about her as she suddenly launched into a tangent. "Why the hell did you kidnap me! Are you trying to make me lose my mind? You ignorant… little… boy! You gave me a bloody heart attack!"

The female was so furious that she didn't care that there were people walking by staring. All she could focus on was the fact that she 1) was missing class 2) had had two heart attacks due to her fear of heights and 3) had been kidnapped by someone who she didn't know. The only thing that she was mildly grateful for was the fact that he had decided to stop at her old neighborhood. If she had been lost on top of it all? She'd most likely snap and go on a murderous rampage, the green haired demon her target.

The only response she could get from him was an uncaring shrug, her ranting and raving not interesting enough to warrant a good reply.

Astounded that he had had the gall to kidnap her without a good reason, or a reason in general, Naoki's jaw dropped. All she could do was just stare at him. He had rendered her speechless. Utterly, profoundly, speechless! "No. I am not going to go along with this. No way in hell." Naoki decided in her head.

Her mind made up Naoki uttered a guttural scream, threw her arms in the air, turned on her heel, and walked away. This problem was easy to solve in her eyes; just walk away. Pretend that none of it happened. Just pretend that it's another day she's going to go do errands for Mephisto. Yea, that seemed reasonable to the raven-haired female. That seemed normal.

She didn't bother to look behind her and see what the green haired male was up to. Instead she picked a safe destination and headed in that direction. It was only logical that her safe location would be the sweets shop she had been so willing to leave behind. Funny, considering it was the only place she wanted to be right then and there.

Nao felt relief flood her body as she pushed open the door to the small shop. She inhaled a deep breath of sugarcoated air before bounding over to the counter; her mood immediately improved. Her cousin turned around and his face lit up like a paper lantern.

"What's up nao?" he chirped happily.

She groaned and shook her head. "Don't ask Kenji. Don't ask and just get me a bag of lollipops. Please." She basically collapsed on the counter as he turned to go get what she had asked. Upon turning back around to hand it to her, he laughed.

"Hey! Nao… is that your boyfriend?" it was too hard to resist teasing her. Not that the boy truly understood the horror his words carried at that moment.

Naoki didn't have time to turn around before a pair of arms wrapped about her shoulders and she felt someone lean on her.

"Ah, what does it look like?" was the only response. The green haired male's words seemed void of much emotion; the only one that stood a decent chance in a debate was a hint at mild amusement. But even that seemed a bit far-fetched.

Naoki flinched at the touch of the male but this time there was no screaming. Instead she pinched his hand and glared at her cousin. "No."

The younger, raven-haired male, uttered an uncomfortable laugh before taking the money that Naoki offered to him. As soon as that transaction was over, Naoki squeezed out of Amaimon's grasp before grabbing his arm and dragging him back outside. She continued to drag him down the street until she saw the same bench they had first met at. "Seems fitting," she mused.

Sitting down, Naoki motioned for the male to do the same. He glanced at the bag she held and did as was instructed, but as soon as his rump was planted he reached for the bag. Immediately Naoki smacked his hand and put it out of his reach.

"No. No no no no. There will be no candy for you until you make me a promise, understood?" she held his gaze without a hint of fear and when he tried to reach for the candy anyhow, she smacked his hand again.

Soon he got the message that there would be only two ways to get the candy, do as she said or kill her and risk his elder brother's wrath. It seemed easier to just go along with what she was saying. Mephisto could be scary when he wanted to be.

"Hai, nao-chan," he nodded.

The female snorted. "First, quit calling me 'nao-chan'. You've only known me for a month… if that!"

He just stared at her, without a hint of agreement.

But she continued as if he had. "Also, you are to return me to my classroom and apologize, promise not to do it again… and be nice to Rin!" She added the last part as something of an afterthought. Figuring that if she didn't he'd start another fight that would end with the destruction of half the school building or some similar tragedy.

It was silent for a moment while the male thought over her proposal.

But when he took too long to respond she sighed, got up, and turned to walk away; candy in hand. That made up his mind for him.

He jumped to his feet and watched the bag with a little too much interest before nodding. "Hai, nao-chan. Now can I have one?" He pointed to the bag.

With a cheer of victory, in her head, Naoki turned around, smiled and nodded. "Yes. Now you can have one." With swift fingers, Naoki opened the wrapping, pulled out a purple wrapped lollipop, one of her favorite flavors: grape, and tossed it to the male.