As I was brushing my teeth next to Rin, Kamiki came down, "Morning, eyebrows." Rins said.
"Morning 'Miki," I said. She blushed at the nickname but shoved my jacket in my face. "Oh hey thanks! Wow it's washed and everything!"
"Whoa, you're cool after all!" Rin said.
"Why was I not cool before?" Kamiki argued.
"Eh? No reason!" Rin stuttered. I smacked the back of his head.
"Anyway you all should go visit Paku, she's been doing a lot better. I saw her before everyone else." I waved them off and went to go wake up Bon and his posse.
I stood outside their door with a blow up mallet. I knocked on the door; once, I heard a groan. Twice: a few more groans. The third had nothing. "If you all don't wake up I'm coming in." I held up my hand.
"Eins!" a finger went up, nothing was going on, "Zwei!" another finger, some creaks of a single bed, "Drei!" I opened the door and saw Konekomaru in his pajamas. He looked sleepy…till he saw the blow up mallet.
I gave an Ok sign and walked over to Bon. I lifted the mallet above my head and he woke up to see my midriff before getting hit with my mallet.
"What the hell was that for?" he shouted waking Shima.
"I told you I was coming in, I even counted and Koneko-chan over here was the only one up."
He looked me up and down. My black tank top only covered half my bellybutton and I had on short shorts. I also had on the jacket Kamiki gave back to me.
"What the hell are you wearing?" I smacked him with the mallet again.
"None of your business what I wear, now get up and get dressed!" I pointed the mallet at him just barely touching his nose.
"I'm only in my boxers."
"I grew up with Rin, he made it a habit of walking around in nothing but boxers a couple years ago. You don't have anything I haven't already seen at some point." Shima laughed at that. "So get up!"
He reluctantly got up and walked over to his bag. I laughed at his choice of boxers, "POLKA DOTS, REALLY?" I burst out into laughter and Shima joined in shortly.
Bon turned to me with a red face and he was angry, "Oh no the polka dots are angry!" Another fit of laughter was able to emerge before Konekomaru pushed me out.
Shima was the first one out, "That's funny, funny is good to wake up to." We high fived each other.
Bon walked out with Konekomaru shortly after. "Hello Captain Wonderwear~" I purred.
"Shut it!" Shima and I laughed all the way to Leo's room.
I knocked, "Leo, Eins, Zwei-" before I could finish the door was opened to show a awake and alert Leo. He carried his guitar case on his back. "Hello, Leo." He saw the mallet in my hand.
"Why do you like hitting people?"
"Not hitting people, I like to keep people on their toes." He sighed.
"I wonder what you'd be as a demon?" Shima asked as we left for the eating area of the dorms. Food was already on the tables. I laughed at the irony of his question, 'the daughter of the 'big cheese' of Gehenna himself!'
"Food!" I heard Shima shout.
The boys all attacked their plates. I laughed at them.
"Hey who makes the food? This is awesome stuff!" Leo said.
"I just assume it's Rin, he always had a way in the kitchen, but I'm not sure. It doesn't taste like Rin's usual." I wondered.
"Hey even if it was a cooking demon, I'd still eat it!" Shima added.
"Now that you mention it, isn't there a type of demon that possesses kitchens or something?" Konekomaru said softly.
"Yeah let me check."
I pulled a large tome out of my bag and placed my hands on the cover. "Kitchen demons." A crack showed that the book recognized me and opened to a page. "Ukobach; known to reside in often unused kitchens or cooking areas. If left alone they cook every meal for you. Though when their territory is breached they become angry and attack. It is very rare that a human is allowed in a area possessed by Ukobach." I closed it and placed it back in my bag.
"So, maybe we should tell Rin." Leo said knowing that once my brothers found out that it wasn't a human cooking for them they'd immediately try to find out what was.
I thought for a bit. Rin and Ukobach seemed to be on the same level of expertise in cooking, "No, we'll leave it to them to find out." I picked up my finished food plate and walked it over to the window to the kitchen.
"Thank you for the food, Ukobach." I saw a scurry till a small purple-ish peach demon appeared. It blushed and took my plate before leaving.
I walked back to the table, "It's cute, you might want to say thank you as well." I added.
They nodded before following what I did. Bon came back with two lunch boxes. "I think he made these for us?"
I grabbed one and we walked out.
Throughout Neigauz's class I was glaring at him. He pretended not to notice, but I could see him sweat.
"I'd like someone to come to the front and fill in the missing section of this magical array. Kamiki." When Kamiki didn't answer he said again only louder, "KAMIKI"
She jumped, "I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention,"
"That's not like you, is something wrong?"
Holy scripture class was done by a fat old lady with a cat around the back of her neck. She turned to Kamiki. "Now then, let's hear you recite the passage I assigned for homework the last time. Psalm 30, Kamiki-san if you would be so kind?"
"Right!" she stood up, "I will extol thee o Lord, for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not…" she stopped and my head was lifted off the desk in surprise.
'Come on 'Miki, your pride took such a hard blow from being told to be nicer to someone?' I thought.
"Yes?"
"I can't remember…" she said almost mortified.
"Dear me Kamiki-san this is a rare occurrence. Well then Suguro-kun if you will."
I looked over to see Bon stand up, "I will extol thee O Lord, for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. O Lord,thou has brought up my soul from the grave; thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down into the pit. Sing unto the Lord, O saints of His and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favor is life. And unto the Lord I made supplication what profit is there,in my blood when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust…?" I gave a whistle, that memory is DAMN impressive. "To thee and not be silent. O Lord my God I will give thanks unto thee, forever." DAMN impressive.
"Nice, Bon," I said to him with a smile.
"Yeah, man I have no word memory." Leo added.
"AMAZING, YOU REALLY ARE SMART AFTER ALL!" Rin shouted with roaring claps.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN AFTER ALL?"
"A wonderful recitation indeed, Suguro-san. Absolutely perfect!"
"DAMN impressive memory." I said looking over it again. "I have a terrible memory!" I whined.
"Don't go falling for me now." He whispered looking back at me.
"I've seen your underwear, not happening,'" I whispered with a smirk. He blushed and began grumbling while paying attention to the teacher.
"Hmph, memorizing things like that is just showing off." Kamiki muttered.
"Hmm? Did you say something?" He said to her.
"I said memorization, has nothing to do with academic ability."
"Big Talk coming from someone who couldn't memorize four lines?" I tugged Bon's sleeve and mouthed 'Don't egg her on'.
"Bon, she's just having a bad day!" Shima argued.
"It's not that I can't! I just chose not to! Who wants to be an Aria? They're completely defenseless while reciting, and have to rely on the rest of their party to protect them! They're nothing more then baggage!" She finished. My heart was beating fast in anger.
I got up and slapped her. Right across the face.
"I'm beginning to question why I even help people like you." I said with angry tears trailing down my face.
I ran out of the room and down the hall. I passed by Yukio but never paid him any mind.
After Ustukushi ran out of the room Yukio came in. A menacing aura fell out of his very being.
"Why are we all being punished?" Rin whined.
All of the pages sat in a row with a Baryon on their laps. Each getting heavier and heavier with each passing second.
"This is what we call 'collective responsibility' The aims of this training camp are twofold. Firstly, increase your abilities, and secondly to deepen relations with your fellow students.
"I refuse to get along with these brutes." Izumo cut in.
"I'm afraid you will have to. No exorcist can fight alone! Making use of one another's specialties and compensating for weaknesses. Fighting in a party of two or more is basic procedure for any exorcist. If you were to fall out like this in an actual battle you would face collective responsibility on an entirely different level from this punishment!" Yukio looked at his watch, "Now then, I have a minor mission to attend to, so I will be leaving for about three hours."
Yukio explained how the ghoul incident made him put wards all over the grounds and lock all entrances and exits.
"How are we supposed to get out?"
"You won't need to you'll all sit like this for the next three hours." All of their faces dropped as he left.
The door opened again and they saw Utsukushi in her cloud pajamas holding a ratty teddy bear with patches all over it.
"He-hello," She stopped to yawn, "Whats with the funny rocks?"
After that the room grew dark and her eyes shot open. "What's happening?" she said.
"Dunno," Rin said removing the Baryon from his lap.
"Maybe sensei cut the power too?" Konekomaru suggested.
"Surely he wouldn't-? Would he?"
Shima pulled out his cell and used the light to feel for the door. I merely had the scent of rotting flesh invade my thoughts.
"DON'T!" I shouted running to the door. A great hand grabbed me around the chest through the door and pulled me against it.
"It's the ghoul from yesterday!"
"Weren't there supposed to be wards?"
I smacked the thing with Akuma Suraisa and he let me go. I ran back and stood in front of the others. "No matter! We need a defense!"
One of the heads on it exploded and sprayed everyone.
"Nii-chan I need a Una-una-kun!" Shiemi said to the greenman. I saw a large tree like plant grew instantly and cover the room.
"Thank you! Nii-chan. Eh why do I feel so dizzy?" Shiemi said.
"Ahh, I feel hot." Bon added.
"What?" Rin asked.
"It's because of the liquid, are you unaffected?" Kamiki said to Rin.
"I don't feel anything either." I said.
"That's great and all but once Moriyama runs out of stamina the tree barricade will disappear and we're done for." Konekomaru pointed out.
"There's two heads, so no doubt there's two conciseness' If Me and Rin distract them for awhile, because we're unaffected, get Shiemi to take down the barrier and do something that'll help regain stamina. Possibly a special herb or something."
"Are you crazy!"
Me and Rin already began climbing. "Don't worry, mother hen we'll be fine." I said.
"We're pretty strong, just do as we said Kay?" Rin added.
I saw the demon and was prepping my scythe when I heard Rin shout. "It's me you all are after Right?" So come and get me!" I watched as he shot down the hall with only one following him.
"Oi tall, dark, and rotting. Over here." I hit it over the head with the pole. And ran to the cafeteria.
I pulled out a left over summoning paper and placed a drop of blood on it. "Recognize your own rejection, and serve me!" I shouted running out of breath quickly. I tripped and saw Caerbannog appear falling in front of me. I picked him up and placed him on my shoulder.
"If he attacks, please bite him. You don't have to eat him." I breathed.
I finally reached the kitchen window when the demon rammed into my back and sent me flying into the kitchen.
"U-Ukobach, please help me." I said as I tried to sit up.
I saw the cute little cooking demon turn into a large, angry, rampaging demon with utensils as weapons.
I threw open a cabinet and saw protein shakes. I grabbed a random large amount and pulled out an insulated bag from a drawer.
Caerbannog looked at me innocently. "Go for it." He hopped out of my grip and hopped onto Ukobach's shoulder. He growled and turned to the size of a large beachball. His white fur shaded black and his teeth sharpened. I picked my self up and focused my flames to my feet. It didn't quite work, they covered my shins and knees as well but provided me with enough strength to reach the room with the others. They also allowed me to glide across the floor.
I passed the room and put out the flames only to run back in.
"How's Shiemi?" I asked.
Said girl was lying on the ground and saw me unconsciously gripping my side. Kamiki had her familiars out and was looking out at the door.
"You're hurt, badly. What happened?"
I looked at my bleeding side and shrugged. "It snuck up on me, I've got Ukobach and Caerbannog working on him."
"You need that treated, Suguro, I expect you know it's fatal verse?" Izumo ordered.
"Not the exact one, but I know I comes from the gospel of St. John!"
"I'll show you where it is, first take these." I tossed each of them a protein shake. The boys nodded in thanks and chugged them in 7 seconds flat. The girls took a little longer.
"What's the plan?" Leo asked me.
I pulled out my scythe, and spun it around a bit, "I'll be distraction, while those that know the verses will be reciting, the rest will be defense."
"I know chapters 1-10." Konekomaru added.
"I know the rest." Bon put in.
I smirked darkly, "Then let's go beat this mother-fucker's face in." I stopped spinning the pole and slammed an end into the ground. That caused the blades to pop out. "Oh so that's how you do it."
We all ran into the cafeteria while Bon and Konekomaru made a table barricade for themselves. Konekomaru started on verse 1 while Bon took 11.
"Hey. Dead meat! Look at me, I'm alive with a beating heart to boot!" I shouted. It finally looked at me and charged to Bon instantly.
"Damn, straight for the kill, ne?" I tried to slice him but he dodged. It continued even as Kamiki and Shima began hitting it as well. After a while Bon was the only one left reciting the final chapter and the defense were all battered, myself included.
"…Even the world itself could not contain the books…" The ghoul finally pushed us away and grabbed Bon by the head and shirt. "…that should be written!" Bon finished.
The ghoul disappeared and we were all battered and panting. Bon was muttering, "I'm dead I'm dead, I'M SOOO DEAD!"