"SAY WHAT NOW DUDES?" I screamed at them. "You cannot be serious. You just cannot be freaking serious!"

Rin looked at Yukio. "You freaked out the little girl."

"I'm older than you!" Strong, but oh, boy was Rin bad at age judging.

"But you're short. Therefore, you're a little girl."

I growled. "I have enough uncles. TO LAST ME A LIFETIME!"

Especially one particular uncle that looks like a clown who hadn't thought to mention this.

Oh, wait. Said clown didn't know I was his niece.

I huffed, and Rin stared at me. "So how am I your uncle?"

"I'm your brother's daughter. Not Yukio, your other brother."

"How many brothers do I need?"

"Ask Gramps," I sniped. "I hate school already."

"Oh, dear." Yukio glared down. "Then perhaps you had better try to like it."

I hung my head in mortification. Shiemi blinked at me and suddenly smiled. I grinned shyly back.

"Now, can you please concentrate, class?" Yukio turned back and I tried to.

"So, if you add one eighths of wolfs bane to…"

As the class dragged on, I made notes, and learnt a little about other demons, before Yukio's class was over. I sighed and suddenly a hand stopped me. "You aren't wearing uniform."

The boy standing in front of her glared down. "It's disrespectful! And you weren't paying attention in the class!" I looked up at him and bit my lip, images flashing in my mind of demons doing the same before beating me into the ground.

"I, um, ah, um…" I squeaked out.

He took a step closer and I gave a scream, clenching my fists.

"What's up with you?"

I fell to the ground and scooted away, into a wall.

"Hey, Bon, leave her alone!" Rin shouted.

"I didn't do anything!" He crouched near me. "What's up with you, girl?"

I shivered, leaning away from him.

"She's having a panic attack." I heard a voice say dimly.

Yukio's face came close. "Breathe. One, two, one two."

I did as he instructed and calmed down gradually, and he helped me up.

"Thanks."

"What made her panic?" asked Bon. I pointed at him, and gulped.

"Me? What did I do?"

"You… you threatened me, or I thought you would… I used to get beat up when I was younger…" I mumbled.

Rin looked at me.

"I'm fine. I 'll see you at the other classes." I fled down the corridor.

The classes flew past. Yukio stopped me at the end of all of them. "You're in the Old dormitory."

I blinked.

"If you're what Mr Faust says you are, I need to keep an eye on you."

I arched an eyebrow.

"And if you panic with close contact, I need you to be somewhat isolated. You'll have a uniform. I went and sorted it with the Headmaster."

"Thank you…"

I didn't really know what to say afterwards. I looked up and Yukio grinned. "Don't be embarrassed. If you have another just remember what I told you."

"I will." I looked about.

"It's this way. I'll pick you a room near to ours. You can be in demon form there."

I smiled shyly. He wasn't really that bad.

"So, should I call you Yukio? Or Uncle?"

"Yukio. Yukio is fine."

I smiled at him. He put a hand on my head. "I may be a teacher but I'm no scary person."

"Okay, Yukio."

"You're not very good at paying attention, are you?"

I hung my head. "Uh, I tried?"

He pointed at the building in front of us. "This is the dormitory."

"And that's Rin, falling from the window." I pointed, and ran to catch him. I looked up to see him and was promptly flattened.

"Rin! What happened?"

No Kusami, are you okay? Huh. I looked up at Rin, and he grinned. "Ooh, the ground's comfy. I saw this butterfly flapping about, and it flew out the window."

"That's stupid. And that's not the ground." Rin looked down and I managed a little smile. "Hey there, Uncle Rin."

Rin got up. "You caught me?"

"Yes, and you bruised something. Oh dear. I think I might be a little hurt."

Rin helped me up. "Hey, you okay?"

I gulped and winced. "You may have landed on my arm… it's just bruised, though. Lucky!"

I took a deep breath. "Let's get me moved in here then!" I grinned at them.