"Soon all of you will have a break of one and a half months but before then you'll all have this year's Exwire authorization exam. Since it's purpose is to provide combat training rather then just name you Exwires, it will be difficult. Therefore I'll be holding a one-week training camp for the examinations. Starting next week."
"Camp? Sounds like fun!" Leo added.
'If it involves Rin and Bon in the same room together, it will be so loud no one will get any sleep.' I thought while leaning lazily on my hand.
"If you wish to participate in the training camp please fill out this form with acquisition hope "Meister" and submit it to me by Monday." As a form got passed back to me and Leo Rin walked over to Bon.
"So what's a meister? Tell me please?"
"What?"
"Me and Leo also want to know." I added.
"I'll explain, only cause Utsukushi is involved." Bon said blushing, "There are five different meister styles: Aria, Dragoon, Knight, Doctor, and Tamer. Aria are meisters that fight using phrases from the bible, Shima and Konekomaru are trying for Aria." The two mentioned blushed and scratched their heads. "Dragoon fight with heavy weapons, Doctor are healers. Tamers use familiars and Knights use swords."
"Swords huh? I'm gonna be a Knight!" Rin said.
"I think I might go for Doctor and Dragoon. Maybe Tamer if it works." Leo said writing it down.
"What about you, Utsu-chan?" Shima asked me.
"Well I already have a fighting style, I learned how to use a twin-bladed scythe when the old man wasn't looking. Taught myself while watching others."
"That falls under Dragoon, scythes are considered heavy weapons." Konekomaru added.
"You also had a talent with animals, Tamer might be good as a secondary." Rin put in.
"Animals and demons are different!" I blushed.
"So, calming a beast is as simple as playing a lullaby right?"
"No it's not! Stupid Rin!"
"Remember the cat! You named it Yukin as a combination of mine and Yukio's names! It was so cute how you would hold it and run around showing it the monastery!" Rin said chuckling, "Then the old man saw found it hiding under one of the pews, turns out it should've been named after you."
"What do you mean, Okumura-kun?" Konekomaru asked.
"It had 5 litters under that pew, she named it after us because she thought it was male." Rin ruffled my hair and I pouted.
"That was when we were 8." I said.
"So? Animals don't have a tendency to warm up to excitable 8 year-olds." Leo added.
I stuck out my tongue and wrote Dragoon and Tamer.
Magic circles has to be my most hated class had to be because of the teacher. Mr Neigauz. If we switched lives, life would make SO much more sense.
"Don't step on the circle, if you do it's broken and has no effect. Your blood and an appropriate appeal is also necessary for a successful summoning. The son of Typhoeus and Enchina, answer my request and come out." I watched as he summoned some rotting beast from god knows where. The scent of rotting flesh invaded my mind and I had to back up further.
I ended up ignoring everything but his instructions on what to do with the paper he gave us at the beginning of class. "Drip your own blood where the magic circle has been roughly sketched. Then try to recite any words that come to mind."
Izumo began muttering, "I ask the grace of Inari, god of harvest, to fulfill my prayers!" then two white fox-like entities appeared around her.
I whistled, "Nice!"
"Holy crap, what is that? So cool!" Rin said in shock.
"Two Byakkos, splendid, Kamiki-san."
"Great Izumo-chan, I'm really useless at this stuff."
"Of course, I am related to a Miko after all." Izumo said in obvious (obnoxious) pride. I looked over to Bon and Shima, they said in unison; "Dammit I've no talent." Konekomaru just shook his head.
I looked at Shiemi and saw her usual admiration directed at Kamiki, "Come out, come out, wherever you are…Just kidding." She giggled and her paper summoned a greenman.
"That's a greenman spirit, how wonderful Moriyama." I smiled as she played with it.
"The Lord and Lady of my own, grace me with your presence." Leo muttered. His revealed two small blue and red cat-like familiars with manes like lions and I could see his excitement.
"Raine, I see you managed two as well, congratulations. Those are Kemono-o*, not too odd considering your name."
I dropped my blood on the paper this time, "I summon thee who were rejected, willest thou spare one?" A small white rabbit was shivering in front of me. It had it's mouth closed and was cowering in front of me. Tears threatened to fall on it's face.
I picked it up gently and petted it, blushing as I noticed people were staring. "What? I like cute things, got a problem? Tell it to the complaint center." I held up a fist.
"Aww, it's cute." Rin reached out to pet it and it's fur grew ragged and it grew claws and teeth. It snarled at Rin and bit his hand.
"I'm calling you Caerbannog!" I said giggling.
"Funny, Okumura, that's it's actual name." Neigauz-sensei added.
I pouted, "Well it's name ain't changing cause the only other one I can think of is 'The rabbit with sharp pointy teeth'."
"There seems to be a bumper crop of Tamers prospects this year. There are only a few Tamers among the exorcists who can control and fight demons. They're pretty valuable. Demons never follow humans that are weaker then themselves and they are especially keen on attacking those who lack confidence. But like I said before, if the magic circle is broken the familiar is relieved of it's post and disappears. If you feel like you are in danger and you summoned a familiar with paper just tear the paper up." Neigauz-sensei added.
"I don't want to have to get rid of you. Can I call you Nii-chan?" Shiemi asked her familiar. It replied with a happy 'Nii!'
"Sorry little guy, I'll summon you a little later Kay?" it nodded and disappeared as I tore up the paper.
AN: Kemono-o*, If I remember right I had it translate from english to japanese as Beastly Kings and it turned out as Kemono-o.
Ok, Caerbannog, first person to notice the reference gets a pat on the back and one for themselves!
I like rabbits and I thought it would be fitting. So those of you that don't speak Monty Python you won't get it.
R and R
Tata for now 3
