Note: last week I sent this chapter to 2 friends to edit it. But neither has responded back with an edited version. So I apologize for any spelling or grammar mistakes.
Carefully, I crept through the secret halls of True Cross Academy. I broke in here nice and easy and I doubt the exorcist (who's keys I stole) would remember much because of the concussion I gave him, but I'm still a tad jumpy. True Cross exorcists, no, exorcists in general aren't my favorite kind of people. I mean, the exorcists and I haven't exactly been on good terms, since they keep hunting me under the false impression that I'm a demon. But, I suppose the fact that a very close friend of mine is an exorcist makes me a bit hypocritical. He is also my most frequent employer for most of my missions. Which I always thought made no sense. He's the head of this section of True Cross, why does he need me to do missions when he has an army of exorcists who will do his bidding. Though, these missions help keep a roof over my head and food in my gut, so I don't mind too much. Despite that, he did appear to have set me up on my last mission.
Why would he do that, though? We've known each other for the last 10 years of my life, why would betray me now? But my thoughts came to a screeching halt when I heard an aggravated voice and saw the handle of the door that was right in front of me turn. I rushed back a few steps to an adjoining hallway and pressed my back to the wall closest to the door as I heard it open and slam shut. I calmed my breath to a point where even I couldn't hear it, and I listened closely to the sound of foot steps heading my way. Whoever it was was rushing down the hallway and few moments passed before the person the foot steps belonged to passed the hallway I was in. And lo and behold, there was the exorcist with glasses (who will be hence forth nicknamed four-eyes) speeding down the hall way. Way from his Superior's office.
I left my hiding spot as soon as he turned the corner at the end of the hallway and I the turned to face the door four-eyes had just come from. I hurried up to the door, quietly turned the door knob, and opened the door just a crack so I could see into the room. He was alone, his back to the door so all I could see of him was the top of his ridiculously purple hair as it faded into his yellow hair curl. I opened the door more and walked inside. Before I could close the door he turned to face me, wearing a knowing toothy grin.
"Took you long enough, Yoru-chan." He spoke as if he knew that I would come to see him. Which wouldn't really surprise me.
"Mephisto," I began, "what was up with all that yesterday?"
"Oh? What do you mean by that?" he asked with an innocent look on his face.
I charged right up to his desk, slammed my hands on his desk, brought my face very close to his, and growled, "You know damn well what I mean!" I wanted to intimidate him, but the smile never fell from his face.
"Now, now, Yoru-chan," he chuckled, "you know as well as I do that you can't intimidate me. No matter what you do. Besides, you aren't really the intimidating type." I growled at him again.
"Why don't you have a seat?" he motioned to chair behind me that I didn't even notice. "And take off that get up, you look like you're going to kill someone," he added with a laugh. I sighed as walked over to the chair, easing into the the cushions as I let my suit and mask fall back into my shadow, revealing my knee-length shorts, knee-high boots, and plain black t-shirt. I pulled my black hair behind my my ears and stared hard at Mephisto with my blue eyes.
"Why did you have the exorcists go after the same prey as I did?" I questioned sternly.
"Because I knew that ,after the whole event was over, you would come here to talk to me." He said.
"If you wanted to see me, then why did you call, or something?"
"If I did, would you have come?"
I mumbled no. It irks me to know that he knows me so well.
"Exactly. But I digress. I wanted you here so I could give you an offer."
"And that would be?" I crossed my legs and began rocking the right one (the one on top) back and forth.
"I want you to become and exorcist." he stated in a more serious manner.
I stopped all of my fidgeting.
"Excuse me?" I said, confused. He should know I would rather die than work for an organization, let alone, become an exorcist.
"You heard me." he responded as he pushed his chair away from his desk.
"But Mephisto, you kno-"
"Yoru." he said in an annoyed tone, which made me tense up. A force of habit, unfortunately. He stood from his seat and walked over to me, bending over so he could look me in the eye.
"Aren't you lonely, working the way you do?" he asked, concern was prominent in his voice.
Is that why he offered? He's worried about me? I smiled at the thought. You're still looking out for me, aren't you. My smile grew bigger and I threw my arms around him, hugging him. Which surprised him a bit, but he recovered quickly. He stood up, bring me with him, and hugged me back.
"No matter how old you get, you still act like a little girl," he chuckled.
"Oh shut up! I'm 16 now so stop treating me like a little kid!"
"I'll stop treating you like a kid when you stop acting like a kid!" his chuckle had turned into a full fledged laugh. To which I responded by biting him on the shoulder.
"Ow!" He let me go and began rubbing his shoulder, "See, that's exactly what I meant! But I must admit you bight harder than you used to."
I laughed and then stuck out my tough. I honestly didn't like acting mature.
"So, what do you say?" he asked as he poked the center of my forehead.
"We'll see." I said, turning away from Mephisto.
"At least stay on campus until you decide. Maybe take a few classes and mingle with the exorcists. You might find that you like some of them."
"Okay, okay!" I twirled around to face him again, "I'll stay, but only for a short while."
"Naturally," Mephisto added.
I went ahead and flopped back on the chair while went to go get some forms that need to be filled out for my stay at True Cross Academy.