"Fire or not he can't hurt a big star like me," Black Star muttered confidently to his weapon partner. "You're going down you freak!" Black Star screamed as he let out his first attack, shadows racing towards Rin. Rin smiled widely and leaped into the air, the shadows following him into the sky, and he unleashed a monsoon of blue flames that disintegrated the shadows below him.

"Come kick my ass kid!" Rin said smiling. He was enjoying being the one baiting and not being the fool playing right into the ruse.

As Black Star had each of his attacks burned to a crisp Stein watched in wonderment, and Spirit eyed him cautiously. Yukio could see the teacher's obvious infatuation in his elder brother's power.

"He's the son of Satan. A half demon half human with the satanic powers from Gehenna." Yukio said.

"You two are twins," Stein stated.

"Fraternal. Not paternal. Rin has had the demonic abilities and qualities since birth. They were sealed inside the Kurikara he now wields until the death of our adopted father a year ago. I attained the satanic power just months ago for reasons I cannot decipher the demon blood was awakened as Rin developed his own power."

"Interesting." Stein kept imagining how exciting it would be to dissect a one of a kind son of satan... 'Oh what new things he could see,' he thought.

"He has remarkable healing abilities as well as the flames." Yukio said.

"So I guess that explains the tail," Soul said. "He's a demon."

"For the rest of you I will let you decide, would you like to fight Rin Okumura clad in flames, or with a wooden sword like a regular knight."

"I'm not afraid of him," Soul said.

"Um Soul, that's fire. Like hot burning fire!" Maka said.

"But he's a student. He's not gonna hurt us anymore than we would hurt him." Kid said. Yukio smiled, these were educated young people, they saw there was human in him though he was cursed with demonic heritage. Yukio then turned his attention back to the fight and saw Black Star was attempting something new. He had thrown his weapon to the ground, was braving the flames, getting right on Rin, and he hit him full on with his soul wavelength. Rin spit up blood and was catapulted backwards into the cement wall of the edge of the roof.

"Rin!" Shiemi yelled from behind the sandbags.

"He's alright," Yukio said to soothe her.

"You have been beat by the great and powerful Black Star!" Black Star screamed, laughing maniacally from his position on the roof. Rin stood, his flames were weakened due to the hit his soul had taken. He felt like he was back to his first lessons with Shura, trying desperately to get them to go after Black Star but they flopped about independent, flaring up in random places. Rin closed his sword and focused on the ground. Yukio was baffled, he didn't know Rin had the capacity to focus. He exploded in flames and ran after Black Star, heating flames behind Black Star so he was forced closer to Rin. Stuck between the blade of Rin's sword and a wall of fire behind him, Yukio yelled Black Star yields. Rin immediately extinguished the flames and sheathed his sword.

"Good fight there," Rin said. He clapped Black Star on the shoulder and ran over to where his friends were and did a embarrassingly shameless victory dance for Bon, Shima, Konekomaru, Izumo and Shiemi who were all applauding his victory.

"Next, Kid Liz and Patty versus Shima and Konekomaru." Shima turned red in the face and Konekomaru squared his shoulders and walked forward into the ring. Shima put together his K'rik and followed suit.

"Liz, Patty." Kid said.

"Right!" They said in unison, Patty much more enthusiastic and oblivious than her elder sister. Kid took his stance, gun upside down in each hand. Konekomaru put his hands together, prepped to chant and Shima took a stance with K'rik. Shura shouted for the match to begin. Konekomaru threw up a shield instantaneously and watched as Kid two shotted Shima and broke through his shield in seconds hitting him with the soul bullets.

"Yield!" Yukio yelled. He took a piece of chalk and wrote on his magically appeared chalkboard.

Winner Loser

Death the Kid

Konekomaru and Shima

Rin Okumura

Black Star

"Next we have Ryuji versus Crona," Yukio said.

"I don't wanna fight him. I don't know how to deal with an exorcist, Maka. I wanna go home." Crona whined.

"It's okay Crona. You can do this," she smiled encouragingly.

"Come on! We can crush him. And then I can eat his soul!" Ragnorak said drooling.

"No, it's a sparring match not a to death thing." Maka scolded.

"I don't know how to deal with people watching me fight like this.. What am I supposed to do," Crona said quietly.

"How about you fight dumbass?" Ragnorak said condescendingly.

"Maka versus Rin," Yukio said. Rin looked at the scrawny girl wielding the large scythe, 'this should be interesting,' he thought.

"Alright Soul, I'll keep you away from him so he doesn't burn you," Maka said gently to her weapon.

"Like he could burn me. Bring it Okumura! We're gonna take you down!" Soul shouted. Yukio rolled his eyes. 'What is it about the Academy and overconfident students,' Yukio wondered. At first, Rin didn't attack with his flames, he simply deflected all of Maka's attacks with the scythe. "Stop holding back asshole!"

"You asked for it!" Rin screamed, jumping at them full flame. Maka gasped as the blue flames approached her and made a close roll under Rin to avoid being burned.

"Genie Hunter!" Maka screamed as Soul took a new shape.

"What is that technique?" Yukio asked Stein.

"It wards off evil without causing damage to the actual vessel. Maka used it to defeat Medusa who had possessed the body of a child named Rachel. It expelled and killed Medusa without harming Rachel. I suppose she intends to attack the demon in Rin without harming his human body."

Maka dove through the flames and took the scythe right through Rin's chest without leaving a mark.

"Game over," Maka said triumphantly, her gaze still on the floor when she felt the heat of the flames surround her and the metal of his blade at her neck.

"Only Rin isn't evil. The flames are identified as evil because the one known for using them used them for massacre and death, but they themselves are no more evil than Soul or Tsubaki." Stein said, cigarette bobbing in his mouth as he spoke.

"So the technique was useless on my brother," Yukio said. Stein nodded in affirmative.

"In all honesty the technique could be used for her to fight demons herself, it's her own tool of exorcism I suppose." Stein mentioned.

"It was handed down to her from her highly accomplished mother. My ex wife," Spirit said nostalgically.

"I suppose my own aptitude for exorcism probably came from my father. He was the most powerful exorcist in his day," Yukio said smiling to himself.

"You're only fifteen, what happened to him?" Spirit asked, and the sad look in Yukio's eyes immediately told him it was a bad question to ask.

"When Rin first awoke to his power Satan tried to reclaim him and drag him to Gehenna through Astaroth, one of the eight demon kings. When that failed, Fujimoto told Rin to go hide here, alone. Rin said some words that weakened our father's willpower, and Satan used that window to possess him to try and take Rin himself. He created a Gehenna gate, a gateway to Gehenna and he threw Rin in it, but our father was so desperate to protect Rin he was able to break through the possession enough to kill himself so Satan could not use him as a vessel to hurt my brother. Rin unsheathed the sword that day and destroyed the gate, but our father was already gone." All the Academy students, the two academy teachers, and cram school students were hurt by the story. The cram school students, particularly Konekomaru, felt bad for ever treating Rin as an evil being solely because he was of Satanic bloodline, and the academy students were heartbroken by the instructors sad story. "All we have anymore is each other. Our mother died giving birth to us, Fujimoto died protecting us, and neither of us will accept Satan as any form of a father."

"Shiemi versus Kid." They both walked silently into the ring. Shiemi was already scared by the two sleek guns already fixated on her. She looked at Nee and he nodded in her direction. Yukio signaled the fight to begin and a gorgeous twining of branches sprouted from the greenman's body to shield little Shiemi.

"Oh no!" Liz and Patty cried as a bullet punched through the left side of the barrier.

"What have I done," Kid gasped. "I've destroyed an incredible work of symmetry. I don't deserve to live. I'm filthy reaper scum destroying the beauty of the world," he cried out, passing out where he stood.

"Uh, yield?" Yukio said, unsure of what just happened. Nee retracted the barrier from Shiemi and the broken pieces lay in a heap on the side of the roof.

"Kid has one major weakness. If things become asymmetrical he is unable to focus on anything but the flawed object. He almost lost his life twice in battle because he couldn't get past the asymmetry and focus on his opponents. Since he took something perfect and made it flawed he spit up blood and fell over passed out," Maka said. Yukio gave her an absolutely flabbergasted look.

"Okay..."

"Alright everyone, here are the results of the matches." Yukio said displaying the board.

Winner Loser

Kid

Shima and Konekomaru

Rin

Black Star

Kid

Shiemi

Black Star

Ryuji

Izumo

Crona

Crona

Rin

Shiemi and Ryuji

Maka

Maka

Shima and Konekomaru

Shiemi

Kid

Rin

Maka

All the students were worn and tired. They were ready to break for dinner, but Yukio had other things in mind for them. "There will be one more match per group. Rin, Ryuji, Shima, Konekomaru, Shiemi, Izumo, you will all be matched against Professor Stein from the Academy. The rest of you will face off with Ms. Krigakure. If either team beats the teacher, they are relieved of morning exercises tomorrow."

"What about you?" Rin asked.

"Someone has to referee." Yukio said smiling. Rin cussed under his breath about his brother opting out of the duel.

The first match was to be the Academy versus Shura. The students took their stances, weapons poised, ready to attack, and Shura just stood there. Yukio announced for the match to begin.