Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters except for Aelia and Selene.
Aelia's POV*
Selene, Yukio, and I were finishing the last bite of our breakfast. Clapping our hands together, bowing my head down. We thanking for the meal.
"Thanks for the meal."
Rin sliding in, with rage. His upper body was almost undressed. As Yukio smiled and greeted him.
"Good morning, Rin."
"Morning Sleepyhead," I added.
"Aelia and I tried three times but because you didn't wake up, I thought you must be tired. So I let you sleep." Yukio smiled, innocently.
"You look so peaceful asleep and adorable." I added with a blush and placed my hands on my cheeks.
Rin blushed at my comment but glared at Yukio. "Don't put that 'Kind brother's act, just try four times from tomorrow on! I'm digging in!" He quickly clapped and began to gulp down his food.
"Don't eat too fast, Rin. Or you will choke." As I scold him.
"Yeah, Choke bitch choke." Selene said as she wiggled her eyebrows.
I hit her on the arm. "Selene, stop with the sexual jokes!" I yelled at her. "I can't help it." Selene replied.
"You're gobbling." Yukio said.
"We're running a marathon in the third period. I need energy or I'll die." Rin says while eating.
I got up. Holding my tray, walking up to the kitchen window and placed my tray down so did Selene, and I went back to my seat to grab my bag that was hanging on.
"I'll be going then." Yukio said.
"Please clean up after yourself." I said to him with a motherly tone.
Rin glared at me and yelled, "Ok, Ok. I will."
3*
Our class ended. Beginning to be lunch and as always the students ran mad when it comes to lunch.
I sighed. "They're like animals, huh, Aelia?" Selene says to me. "Yeah, they need to calm down it just food." I reply. "But Aliyah, it food we talking about." Selene said. I sighed at her and we walked where everybody was. And pushed some people over where Rin and Bon were fighting a bun. I sighed at them. "Oh, hi Selene and Aelia." Shima said to us. "Hey, Shima. I see that Rin and Bon are fighting over a yakisoba bun." I said to him. As we all stare at their fighting a sandwich to eat for lunch. "Oi, that's enough you two!?" I yelled at them. "You don't tell me what to do-" they stopped their sentence and saw me with my hair moving around like tails and scaring them to death. I glared at them and said, "You were saying, huh?!" Rin and Bon were shaking in fear. "We saying nothing." I calm down and said, "Good, I'm glad we are in the same page." 'She's so bipolar.' Everyone thought.
"Don't you think, it's a little childish?" Konekomaru added. "Look here, Konekomaru, a grudge over food can last seven generations. We gotta nip this in the bud right now before it causes all kind of problems." Bon said to him. "Whoa, your name's Konekomaru? That's a pretty cool name." Rin said to him. We heard girls yelling at a familiar male. "Hey, is that Yukio." I said to Selene. "Yeah, what about it?" Lyssa reply. "He pretty popular with the ladies, huh?" I said. "Yeah, totally the polar opposite of his brother." Konekomaru said. "You're a funny guy, Konekomaru." Rin said. "When you two get friendly!" Bon yelled.
"Hey, Konekomaru... If it okay if I call you koru instead, is it alright?" I asked. The four boys looked at me and they all blushed. "You made a nickname for him already?!" Rin blushed. "I'm jealous! Make me a nickname! Please, Aelia!" Shima yelled. Other guys heard this and began slowly walked around me. Asking for one as well. "U-uh, um...um..." I freaked out waving my hands around and heard Selene laughing in the background. "Selene, move your ass and help me?!" I yelled at her. "You got yourself into this." Selene said. I glared at her. I awkwardly step back, before I could talk. I was grabbed by the arm, being force to run. By Yukio, along with Rin and Selene.
"Come with me, please!" Yukio loudly whispered. "Aelia! Wait!?" Shima acted sadly.
3*
No one's POV*
The four of them were panting, catching their breaths. In tge cafeteria.
"Thank god Yukio, *pant* you came at a perfect *pant* time." Aelia breathe out. "Actually *pant* you saved me, both." Yukio corrented. "Didn't they make lunch for you? Why didn't you take it? Such a waste." Rin groaned. "I couldn't eat all three and choosing just one could get really ugly." Yukio sternly explained. "That's makes sens-" Selene said but was interrupted by Rin saying, "Whoa! Check out this spread! This cafeteria's got lobster on the menu!" "Did you hear anything I said?" Yukio said. "I think he didn't." Aelia said. "Wow! French, Chinese, Italian— They've got everything." Rin said with excitement. "Of course. True Cross Academy's, a school for the privileged." Yukio explained. "I finally made it. Into the world of high society." Rin said. "You have to buy a ticket from the vending machine first." Yukio said. As Rin walked over and saw the vending machine prices. "What the hell? Tell me these prices have a extra zero on the end." "Again, Yukio said it a rich kid's school." Selene said.
"Stuck up rich kids, when I get through with you—" Rin got angered look on his face. And was about to unleash his sword. But Yukio stopped him by pulling his sword. "Calm down, Rin. The "A" lunch is only 1,800 yen. I'll pay for it, if you just calm down." Yukio said.
"You want me to lower the prices? I'm afraid, that won't be possible. To provide first-rate cuisine, we must purchase first-rate ingredients, hire first-rate chefs, etcetra, etcetra." Mephisto said to them. "Why first-rate? It's a student cafeteria!" Rin yelled. "Dining is culture. A person's life is enriched... by experiencing first-rate cuisine." A ringing was heard, Mephisto looked down, holding a cup of noodles and began eating it. "This coming from someone eating instant noodles?" Yukio said. "At least give us an allowance, so we can eat, man." Rin said to him.
"How could I totally forget about that? Even the son of Satan and daughters of Apollo and Artemis has needs." Mephisto says, grabbing his wallet pulling out, four 2,000 yen bills. "Whoa, a 2,000 yen bills?!" Rin beamed up on. "Those things are supposed to be super rare. I can't believe, he actually has one." Yukio said. "I can buy 10 yakisoba buns with this." Rin said. "Oh, before I forget, you'll be paid on the 10th of every month." Mephisto said to them. "Huh?" "For the whole month? This? For the four of us?" Yukio said. "Corrent." Mephisto said. "Are you out of your out?!" Rin yelled. "Do I detect displeasure? You can have this hundred yen note instead. It's obsolete, but the portrait is my personal favorite." "Like I care what your freaking favorite are!" Rin growled as I try to unleash his sword again. Yukio and Aelia stopped him from doing it. "Control yourself, Rin!" As Mephisto ignored him, turning his chair around and continue eating his noddles.
3*
Aelia's POV*
"Remember what dad used to say, "Man shall not live by bread alone.'" Yukio said. "Dad's lectures aren't gonna fill our stomachs, you know. I mean, are you cool with this? Are you satisfied with the lame allowance Of 2,000 yen a month?" Rin said. "Well, I have my job as an instructor, and I get paid pretty well as an exorcist, so I'm good." "You traitor! I'm gonna—" before Rin could unleash his sword and hit him on his head. "You dummy, let Yukio continue." I said. "Hold it. I know how you can make it though school... without starving to death." Yukio explained. "Huh?" We all look confused.
3*
"Do our own cooking?" Rin said. "Yeah, I'll give you the money to buy groceries, and then you can make lunch for the four of us. That way I can save a little bit of money, and you don't have to worry about starving. Besides, cooking's the only thing you do well. And you know what everyone says— Girls like guys who can cook." Yukio explained. "For real? This is my be awesome." Rin said. "He'll have to get up early, if he has to make lunch." Yukio said.
"And if those girls offer me lunch again, I'll have an excuse. I'll just say, "gee, thanks, but I brought my own. Sorry." I get to kill two— no, four— birds wiypth one lunch." Yukio muttered. "Uh, where I am gonna cook? It'll be hard without a kitchen in our room." Rin said. "You can use the main kitchen, we're the only ones living there. We've got the whole building all to ourselves." Yukio explained.
3*
Later I watching Rin chopping vegetables and cooking food. "You know, you don't have to cook this late at night. Can't you do it tomorrow morning?" Yukio said. "You always make your lunch, the night before, and stick it in the freezer. The next day you take your frozen lunch to school, and let it thaw during class. It should be ready to eat by noon. You could say, it's sort of a housewife's tip." Rin said. "Oh, really? It would be pretty amazing... if you could spend that amount of energy on your studies." Yukio said to him. "Who asked you? Take a crap and go to bed!" Rin yelled at Yukio. "Yes, sir. Good night." Yukio said as he walked to his room. "Selene, Aelia, are you two staying up?" Rin asked us. "Yeah, I am. I'm tired." I said to him. "I'm not." Selene said. As I glared at her. "You are going to sleep, let's go." As I grabbed her collar and pulling her to our shared room. "Good night, Rin." I said.
the next day*
I was brushing my teeth as Selene wash her face. "Morning." I heard Yukio said to us. "Morning." We said together. Then we heard footsteps sound like running. "You four-eyed mole face!" Rin yelled as he kicked Yukio on his side. "Who are you calling, a four-eyed mole face?!" Yukio yelled back. "Shut up! I don't give a damn how hungry you were! In this house, there's things you never do!" Rin yelled at him. "Huh?" Yukio reply. "Don't play dumb! That food I cooked was supposed to be for our lunch! But you ate it all, didn't you?" Rin yelled as he show us the bento boxes. "Come on you know I'd never do something like that." Yukio said. "Okay, why don't you tell me who did? You said we've the only four living in this building, remember?" Rin yelled at Yukio.
"Rin! Maybe someone else who ate our lunches." I said as a example. "So, we are alone, are we?" Rin said. "We're not. Whenever it was time to eat, the food was always ready, waiting for us down in the kitchen." Yukio explained. "We didn't even think about who was doing the cooking. So then who cooked all those meals?" Rin said set the obvious. "Maybe, someone is cooking the meals for us. Without realizing it?" Selene said. "Yeah, I wondered who could it be?" I said. Then we heard a chopping noise that echos. "They're here." Yukio said. "Yeah, you're right. But who?" Rin said. The chopping noise continues, we all headed downstairs to check the noise that was on the kitchen. It was Mephisto who was chopping a vegetable. "Ladies, gentlemen, mornings." Mephisto said as he turned to face us. "Mephisto?" Rin said confused. "All this time it was you? You're the one who's been cooking all our meals for us since we moved in?" Yukio said to him. "I've been doing no such thing. I'm just a temporary replacement." Mephisto said. "A replacement?" We all said together.
"Temporary. The one who's in charge of your meals is Ukobach." Mephisto said. "Ukobach?" Rin questions. "I know that name. I think he's a stove spirit. He sneaks into the kitchen when humans are sleeping, and he makes the food taste better." Yukio said. "Spoken like a true instructor. Good answer. Up to now, he's been loyally carrying out his duties here as my familiar. Yesterday though, the four of you had apparently trespassed on his territory— the kitchen. Now he's in a foul mood, and he boycotted his job." Mephisto said as we all sat down on the table. "I think I understand the gravity of the situation. By the way, what is this?" Yukio said as asked Mephisto what he had made.
"My specialty— "little demon-flavored" oatmeal. Please, help yourselves." Mephisto said. We all glanced at the oatmeal with fear to eat it. "Go on, don't br shy." Mephisto said. "Here goes!" Rin yelled as he grabbed the bowl of the oatmeal, then screamed. Then passed out as Yukio grabbed him. "Rin, no! Are you okay?" Yukio asked. "I hear grandma calling me." Rin said. "Grandma? We never met our grandma. Whoever she is, don't follow her into the light." Yukio said to Rin. I sweat-dropped at them. I stared at the oatmeal and glanced at Selene who was eating the oatmeal like she was enjoying it. "Maybe I have seconds?" Selene said to Mephisto. "Of course you can." Mephisto said as he gave Selene more of the oatmeal. I stare at her with disappointment, and said, "how can you eat that?" "What I like spicy food." Selene replied. I rolled my eyes at her. "A familiar's misconduct is the responsibility of its master. Until Ukobach's mood improves, I will take charge of this kitchen and prepare all your meals personally." Mephisto said. "What if his mood doesn't improve?" Yukio asked. "Hmm, I will become your personal cook... for the duration of your time here." Mephisto said. "Rin!" Yukio yelled at him. "So, This Ukobach guy or whatever, I'm so gonna kick his ass." Rin said as he was dizzy from the oatmeal he ate. "Idiot. You will not kick the chef." Yukio said to him.
3*
"Just don't get why I have to help?" Puffing my cheeks, annoyed by this while I cleaned the shelves. "You did kind of trespass by helping me bring the food in the kitchen. Might as well." Rin says, without looking at me as he kept wiping the table. "Okay, I put everything back the way it was. So how about you get over it already?" Rin said, loudly for the familiar to hear. Then a fork was thrown to my right side, nearly hitting me as Rin looked back. "Oh hell no! You just not thrown that at me!" I angrily turned, looking around.
"Are you still mad? Just whats your problem?" Rin loudly says, as pans and such other stuff was thrown at him. "If you don't want to cook, get lost already! You're not the only one around here who can cook!" Rin pointed. A small creature arose from the lighting. Who now stared daggers at us.
"That's Ukobach?" I lookes at him. "You finally showed up." Rin grins.
3*
The two cooks, panting and stared at each other. Until they both fell back.
"Rin!" Yukio and Selene came in, through the door where Aliyah, and Mephisto were watching them. "Yo guys!" I said to them, as Mephisto clapped. We were both sitting down on the shelfs. "Aelia, Sir Pheles, what happened?" Yukio abruptly yells, wanting a answer.
"They fought bravely, to within an inch of their lives." Mephisto says, as if it was a drama here. I raised a eyebrow and at him, "idiot, they just had a cooking battle." I simply said.
"Their powers were let loose exploding through the kitchen." Mephisto dramatically said.
"I was gonna join but... too much food I had to eat. Plus this is Rin's battle, not mine." "They had a cooking battle?" Selene said while she sweat-dropped at them. "Your fried rice was awesome, man." Rin smiles. Then demon spoke. "Huh? Did you just call my katsu bowl exceptional." Rin said. Instantly they both got up as they both holding their hands together.
"Let's do it! We're gonna make the ultimate lunch. What do you say?are you in?" Rin asked Ukobach and he replied saying yes. They both beamed. "Another touchy moment I see." I joked.
3*
Selene's POV*
Class turned as lunch starts.
I sighed while walking out of the class with Aliyah, and as we both holding our bento boxs, while heading to the school ground outside. Looking forward, Yukio was eating from his bento box. "Hey Selene, isn't that Yukio?" Aelia said to me. "Yeah, it is. Yo, Yukio!" I called as I waved at him and he waved back.
"You like the bento Aelia and Rin made?" I asked. "Yea, thanks a lot!" Yukio smiled. "I'm sure t-" Aelia was about to say but was interrupted by someone. "What you got there? A homemade lunch?" A girl popped up cutting Aelia's words, from behind the bench Yukio was. "Uh, Yes..." Yukio nervously tried to explain.
"Looks yummy!" Another popped up. "Wait, So this girl made it for you?! I envy her." A third came up. "What? No, it was her and his brother." I corrected her term. "Her and his brother?" She questioned. "Well, actually, Aelia and my brother made this." Yukio adds.
"That's your brother?" A short haired girl questioned. Aelia and I looked at her direction, where she is staring at Rin who was beaming like a idiot. "How would a creep like that know anything about cooking?" The other said. Aliyah groaned and facepalming at Rin. Rin gasped, listening to the conversation and goes down. Aliyah walked toward Rin and sighing angrily at him, ans she smacking his head, stopping him from angrily-crying.
"Stop crying, You idiot! You look like an idiot who beaming like that!" Aelia yelled at him. Then I walked toward them and said, "Yeah, you were beaming like a idiot a minutes ago." "Oi, that rude!" Rin yelled at us. "But, it true." I said at him. "*sigh* then stop beaming like a idiot, Rin." Aelia said to him. Rin awkwardly blushed.
3*
Aelia's POV*
"Girls like guys who can cook. Yeah, right." Rin growled at Yukio's saying from a few days ago. "Uh... you were looking a creep beaming up like that." "All I Did was make Yukio look good, and me look like a jerk." Rin said.
"Shiemi?" Rin looked up,as I did. To see her about to knock. "What are you doing here?" Asking her as she carried a box of some sort. "What's with the box. A delivery?"
"Shiemi?" Yukio shouts from the window from his room. "Yuki!" Shiemi smiles, looking up to him. "Can I help you?" Yukio asked. "The malachites arrived, so I brought you, your order."
"But..." Shiemi trail off, as Rin and I walked up to her. "It's okay, come on." Rin insisted. Opening the door, lightly pulling her in after him, as I walked behind.
3*
"A familiar?" Shiemi questions about Ukobach. "He's the cook of our dorm." Yukio explains about him. "He brewed this tea, too." Rin smiled. Shiemi grabbed her cup, taking a sip. "Delicious! Thanks, Ukobach!" Shiemi thanked. Having Ukobach shyly rubbed the back of his head. "Oh, it's so late!" Shiemi look out the neardy window.
"I should get going." "Yukio, you have the magic key to her shop, right?" I ask as he nodded. "Yea." He says. Pulling out his key chain, showing the golden like key. "Ah, that's right. I walked all the way here." "I'll see you off." Yukio says, getting up.
"Thanks, Yuki." Shiemi smiled, walking away with Yukio. Rin and Ukobach were waving goodbye happily. "Thanks, Yuki' she says..." Rin growled.
"Someone jealous." Selene walked up to Rin nudging on his shoulder. Rin grumble things under his breath then looks at Ukobach who was still waving. "How long are you going to wave?" Rin angrily questioned. Ukobach spoke saying he likes when people compliment on his food.
"You're happy, if someone says your cooking is delicious?" Selene questioned. "Are you serious." Rin gives a -really Ni*a look.
3*
Yukio's class ends. I was grabbed my things and taking my leave walking out into the long hallway with Lyssa. "I'm tired, man." I said. "You are?" Selene questioned at me. "Yeah, I can't wait to go to my bed and fall asleep." I said. "Aelia?" Someone shouting my name from behind me. I turned around and saw Rin running towards me. "What is it? Weren't you going to hang out with Shiemi today?" I said to him. "I told her, I had something important to do right now." He panted in between his breaths. "What is it?" Selene askes him.
"Eh... Selene, do you mind if I take Aelia with me somewhere private." Rin said to her as He was blushing nervously, rubbing his neck. "Sure, don't do anything naughty with her!" Selene yelled at him. "I won't." Rin replied. I nodded, followimg him to the school's roof.
"So what did you need?" I asked him, Rin then walked up to me, putting his hands on my shoulders. I stares at him with confused. "Rin, what are-" I stopped myself, seeing how he had a serious yet gently look in his eyes. "Aelia... I."
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!?" A girl or girls screams awakening me as I grunted from the good dream I was having. 'Wait, screaming!'I thought in confused.
I jolted up, and shaked Selene to wake up. "Selene, wake up. I heard a noise from downstairs." I said to her. "Go without me..." Selene said as went back to sleep. I run out of my room seeing the twins already running downstairs. And towards the kitchen. I then followed. The light into the kitchen, we burst in. Gazing a high demon.
"Wait, is that Ukobach?" I questioned the looks of the familiar demon. "Ukobach? Is that you, Ukobach?" Rin calls him, taking a few steps to him as the demon turned and roared. "What's wrong, Ukobach?" I tip-toed, I was gazing into the pot barely, the inside. But their were three girls in there, those fan-girls of Yukio.
Looking to the side to see 3 random dishes. Probably from the girls. "Hey, that's..." I trail off. "My classmate. I don't want to think about it, but I think I know what happened here." Yukio sighed. Ukobach turned on the stove, began putting wrong spices and such. "He started stewing them." Yukio said. "That's strange." Rin sternly questioned.
"Obviously!" Yukio shouted. "When you're making a stew, you add ginger and a bay leaf to suppree the smell of meat." "That's your biggest problem?" Yukio questioned Rin. "It's elementary! To think that he forget it..." Rin sternly looked. "So your saying... Ukobach is losing it or upset?" I assumed.
"Hey! What are you trying to make?!" Rin shouted, walking up to Ukobach. Reaching a hand to him as he was pushed back. Knocking Rin onto me, flying us back on a shelf. "Aelia, Rin!" Yukio called, grabbing his gun from behind, pointing it towards Ukobach.
Rin quickly got up, blocking Yukio. I sat up, watching the scene play. "Ukobach, didn't you say that... If someone eats your cooking and says it's delicious... That's enough for you." Rin winced, as Ukobach flinched at his sayings.
"We cook because we want to make someone happy when they eat our food. We're happy if they tell us that it's good. That's why I like to cook, and why I want to cook!" Rin softly says. He then angrily pointed towards at Ukoback shouting: "Who would call that thing, you're making good?!" Ukobach roared, turning off the stove, looking down in defeat.
"Why... Why won't you eat it?" A voice says. "Ukobach spoke?" Yukio questioned. "No. It could be..." I trailed off, looking up into the big pot. "Even though I made it for you..." "I wanted you to eat it, Yukio..." The girls mumbled.
"I see. Their charge drove Ukobach wild!" Yukio stated. "So... It's all your fault!' Rin angrily smacked Yukio's head. "Wow, Yukio, you screwed up something for once." I teased. "Huh?" Yukio murmurs. Rin grabbed one of the lunch the girl's had made, showing it to Yukio.
"Eat it! Eat the lunches they put their hearts into!" "I bet it's nice and salty, and totally delicious!" Rin saracasticly shouted. "Why me?!"
3*
Yukio ended the call, signing deeply. "What did he say?" Selene asked him. "He said I can take a few days off since I've worked too hard." Yukio said. The door opened. I look back, Rin and Ukobach with food. "Hey!" Rin greeted. "What's this?" Yukio gave a questioning look as Rin placed the box down.
"To make you recover faster, we made you this special stamina meal!" Rin opened the box. Seeing the inside fully loaded with meats of almost any kind you can think of. "Don't hols back, dig in!" Rin grinned, Ukobach nodded. Yukio put his hand on his mouth, stopping him from almost puking as he faintly mumbles: "I'm getting scared of food..."
I sighed at thier idiotic and whacked Rin and Ukobach's head. "Idiots! Are you trying to kill Yukio?!" I shouted at them. Selene was laughing in the background.