"Did you learn to act like a team even though you had differences?" Yukio asked upon return to the dorm.
"Saving people's lives does bring ya closer," Rin said nudging a gently grinning Death the Kid.
"Yeah Rin," Maka said nudging Rin the same way.
"So I guess you were right for once four eyes," Shura said as they walked out into the hallway.
"I'm considered a genius exorcist for a reason you know," he replied, smiling gently in the direction of his students.
"You know you could act like one of them every now and then too," Shura said nonchalantly. "You don't always have to be the responsible one. You're a kid you might as well act like it chicken."
"If I don't act like a responsible person no one will. This place will go to hell."
"Geeze you're such a geezer," she said in an exasperated tone with one hand on her head and one on her hip. "Rin is safe. You can act like a kid again. I don't think I've ever seen you act like a child. You never let loose. I know the fact I'm never serious ticks you off but it's my choice. Maybe it makes you so mad because you can't get goofy like me. Eh I'm going all psychological on ya now."
"I take things seriously because it's a serious matter. I don't believe Satan is done here and I want to be as ready as I can when he comes back. I won't let him take my brother," he said with finality.
"Oy," she sighed. She smacked him on the back, "Chill the hell out. You're making my stomach hurt with all your damn worrying," she complained loudly, rubbing theatrically at her bare tummy.
"Let's just go back with the kids, eat some food," he said as he began walking away from her.
"Can I use one of your shirts? Those boys are creeping me out."
"I didn't know you had an ounce of modesty in you Shura," he mumbled to himself quietly.
"What was that four eyes?" She said, knowing the jist of what he said and becoming angry at his judgment of her.
"Just come on," he said leading her up the stairs and through the corridors to the room he and Rin shared.
When they came back into the room Shura was uncomfortably sporting a plain white shirt and exorcist's jacket. She had the button up tied up above her stomach tattoos and unbuttoned enough to still allow access to her chest tattoos in case of an emergency. She fidgeted in the new clothes.
"You guys want some food?" Rin shouted from the kitchen, having heard Yukio and Shura come in. Yukio walked into the kitchen to talk to his brother and Shura sat on the end of the table the students were seated at.
"So. You once again defied logic Nii-san," Yukio said, sitting on the counter with his arms crossed.
"Haha," Rin smiled sheepishly towards the wall as he cooked. "My tiny brain doesn't see the difference in groups, so I protected them."
"Rin," Yukio started gently. "I know you like to believe everyone can be saved, but be careful. Some people don't wanna be." Rin jerked and turned around, shocked at what his brother was saying.
"You told me the old man saved us for the same reason I give other people. Everyone deserves a chance, I've got to try." Yukio shook his head at his brother.
"Rin, there are some things out there that are just evil. You have to be prepared to deal with them."
"How do you know they're evil?" Rin questioned his younger, more exorcist trained, brother.
"Demons are evil. Astaroth, Amaimon, Satan, do I need to continue? Demons tried to kill you Rin, and you're half one of them!" Yukio said, his voice rising in irritation that his brother wasn't understanding something so fundamental to becoming an exorcist.
"Yeah, I'm half one of them. Mephisto is one of them, Kuro is, I could go on too. You may have to learn something from me four eyes. I know it's hard to see since you're pretty much blind, but there's a difference between evil evil and someone who's lost acting evil. Amaimon was just looking for fun, and Astaroth was following Satan, Mephisto is on our side, you can't judge someone just because they're different than you Yukio." Yukio pushed his glasses up on his face.
"I'm not completely disagreeing with you Rin. But the Vatican need to know you are prepared to act properly in the face of imminent danger."
"What the hell?! I always act!" Rin yelled, waving his spatula at his unwavering younger sibling.
"The incident with the train just goes to serve you aren't ready to be a solo exorcist. Because of your actions we caused devastation to the surrounding area, killed two people, and Rin it could have been worse. You don't always have the time to talk things down like you did with Kuro, sometimes you just have to do something. I don't think you can reliably fulfill a mission," Yukio pushed up his glasses into a glare. "So you won't be taking the exorcist qualification exam as planned. You will take it when you have completed the required courses just as your friends will. The Vatican asked me for my personal opinion on your reckless behavior and this conversation here served as my final observation. You have more power than most exorcists ever attain but you, like Shura," his eyebrow twitched at her name, "lack the attitude for exorcism. With Shura it's just being serious she can't do, with you, you can't protect what's immediately in danger. You try and protect everything and that's wonderful but in a mission it can get people killed."
"If I'd tried to just save what was imminently in danger than you would have gotten killed when Satan attacked Yukio!" Rin shouted.
"Immediately." Yukio corrected.
"What?"
"You said imminently. It's immediately."
"You're correcting me now?!" Rin yelled, steam coming off his head and his pupils absent from his furious eyes.
"I was prepared to do what was necessary to save as many people as I could. You put yourself, Shura, and Shiemi in danger with your actions, and what you don't seem to grasp is that things don't always turn out as well as then. You don't know when you just need to walk away." Yukio said. Shura could hear the brothers arguing from the kitchen. She looked on, curious about what they could be fighting about. She stood, her curiosity getting the better of her and went into the kitchen.
"What are you to squealing about?" She asked irritatedly. Rin was in a childish tantrum and Yukio was just seated on the counter as if a raging flame clad brother wasn't right in front of him.
"I told Rin the vatican's new ruling about the exorcist exam." He said calmly.
"Oy. Why'd you do that now chicken?!" 'Some genius,' she thought snidely.
"Because I finalized my report to the vatican. You know Rin lacks the attitude and the control of a proper exorcist." Yukio said. Rin's anger faltered, 'Shura thought this too?' he thought.
"I don't even see what the big deal is," Shura said shrugging. "Now you don't have to cram or leave your friends. It's less work for all of us. I don't have to train your wild ass so soon," she said as she leaned against the wall with her arms crossed. Rin considered what she'd just said for a moment.
"And considering how the fight with Professor Stein went today, I'm sure you see even in fighting you have a lot to lean nii-san."
"I'd like to see you fight him smug ass mole face," Rin mumbled almost inaudibly.
"Alright. We are going to put everyone in the second floor cafeteria to sleep. The tables have been removed so you all have room to sleep," Yukio explained. "Don't be tempted to leave, you will be caught," his face turned serious, and the few students that knew Yukio were aware he was dead serious. Shura threw his arm over Yukio's shoulder and pressed her chest against him seductively.
"Yukio and I will bunk upstairs," she winked at the kids, "and Stein and Spirit will be downstairs." Yukio pulled her arm off of him.
"We'll be in separate rooms Ms. Krigakure," Yukio said, pushing his glasses up on his the bridge of his nose.
"Aw party pooper," she pouted. 'I almost feel safer with the dissecting professor,' Yukio thought. He noticed Stein studying him and became increasingly uncomfortable with the visiting teacher. His neck went red and he adjusted his jacket unnecessarily. 'Maybe not...' he reconsidered.
"Alright, get to it," Yukio commanded. They were on the first floor so Yukio led Stein to the room next to the left stairs and put Spirit next to the right stairs so the students couldn't escape easily.
"Anyone want to do truth or dare?" Rin asked excitedly. He'd never had a sleepover so he was behaving much like a teenage girl
"Rin..." Bon started but Shiemi and Patty joined in with enthusiasm. The others fell into support of the idea slowly.
"Okay, Rin, since you're the culprit of this idea, truth or dare?" Bon asked him. Rin contemplated the decision dramatically for a moment.
"It's early in the game, truth." The other students grouped together to think of a question for the Spawn of Satan.
"Alright Okumura," Soul said grinning. "Are you really an idiot?"
"Well... Yukio sure seems to think so," he said chuckling. "Honestly, probably not I just can't focus on studying. I'm more of a hands on guy." Black Star whooped in agreement and gave Rin a high five.
"Tsubaki," Rin called out the shy, quiet girl. "Why the hell is Black Star your partner. He's so crazy."
"Hehe," she giggled shyly. "Black Star is very determined, he has a strong spirit and is a caring person even if he's a little goofy. He's always supported me," her eyes closed in a gentle smile.
"Izumo," Tsubaki said, trying to reach across the division of schools. "Why are your eyebrows so short?" Everyone gasped in unison, everyone had shared that curiosity but no one had ever dared to ask the tempered young exorcist.
"Because of my heritage. Same reason Rin has a tail," she explained nonchalantly. "My mother was a lower level demon that seduced my father, I was born and she had become almost domesticated. When I was young, she went feral when my father caught her eating the remains of a young child from a neighboring village. The commotion drew attention and the crowd ultimately burned her and the village in front of me and my young friend." Everyone was silent, unsure how to proceed. "Soul, truth or dare." She said, breaking the silence.
"Dare," he said smiling with his pointed teeth gleaming.
"Yes!" Black Star screamed. "Oops, sorry."
"Go retrieve Mr. Okumura's keys!" Patty cried out.
"That works," Bon agreed.
"Pft. That's easy. He's just a kid," Soul said as he walked out the door.
"Shura what do you want?" Yukio asked as she was in his doorway.
"They're playing truth or dare downstairs. You should play."
"I have papers to grade." She thumped him on the head.
"I'm going. You will come or I will tell them you were peeping on me. Your choice," she said as she turned her back to him. Halfway down the stairs she ran into Soul. "What are you doing?"
"A dare," he admitted sheepishly. Shura cackled loudly.
"Oy, what is it?"
"Get Mr. Okumura's keys."
"That's odd." She said confused. She pulled keys out of her exorcists jacket pocket. "Here, take mine. Four eyes is pissy and not in the spirit of gaming." She complained dramatically.
"Will you stop saying bad things about me," Yukio said as he walked down the stairs. His white shirt was untucked, unbuttoned, and he was wearing jeans instead of the usual exorcists uniform.
"I didn't think you owned normal clothes," Soul said. He'd only known him for a day but he had a pretty solid idea of what the young teacher was like outside of class, but he was completely oblivious about the fact the Yukio's temper does snap, and when it does, it is not pretty.
"Let's go!" Shura said childishly, running down the stairs. Yukio sighed, 'you would think she's the fifteen year old.' When Shura walked into the room first and the students immediately assumed Soul had been caught and that they all were in trouble.
"Can I play?" Soul and Yukio walked into the room. "And four eyes and four eyes!" Everyone awed at the teenage teacher.
"Are you possessed?" Rin asked, hand on his sword already.
"No nii-san."
"That's exactly what a demon would say!"
"We are part demon baka."
"Oh... Right..."
"I'm gonna take down Mr. Okumura," Soul said. "Truth or dare?"
"Truth." Soul smiled mischievously.
"How many moles do you really have?"
"I-I don't count them," he stammered. "They multiply every day anyway," he mumbled angrily.
"Count them now!" Patty demanded. Shura grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him out.
"You can count them or I can chicken." She said, dragging him out of the room.
"Is something going on with those two?" Kid asked.
"Yukio can't stand Ms. Shura," Rin said. "She drives him absolutely insane. It's the two of us that consistently break his temper."
"It would seem she likes him," Liz said picking at her nails. Everyone was staring at the one girly girl in the room. "What?" She asked when she looked up and saw all the interested faces.
"Oh come on. Have you guys seriously not noticed?" Izumo complained. "Our teacher is not the only blind one."
"Does she behave that way with other teachers?" Liz asked the Cram School students who'd known the pair longer.
"No. She's quite professional, apart from the way she dressed, around others. She does use her physical appeal occasionally but mostly her over the top stuff is reserved for Okumura sensai." Shima said sadly, internally wishing the lovely teacher would send some of her attention his way.
"Well I mean she has known him for years," Konekomaru offered.
"I'm sure Ms. Shura has known a lot of people here for a long time," Bon said. Their conversation was cut off when Yukio and Shura came back in. Yukio was extremely red in the face and was busying himself with adjusting his shirt buttons.