Chapter 2
It was my first day of classes and I would say they went okay, school was boring so I slept through most of it just like my new friend Rin. I was glad he wasn't too mad about me punching him the other day, however since then he keeps trying to get a rise out of me. If I didn't know any better it's like he wants me to jump him. I ended up walking to cram school with Rin, he was a pretty down to earth guy, though he made me swear not to let anyone know he was a demon, I gave him the same ultimatum. 'So let me tell you about class, there are some interesting people. Though stick with me if you want to be with the cool crowd.' Rin stated as he inflated his own ego, 'why do I doubt that?' I laughed as Rin turned back to me with a sharp look. 'You don't think I'm awesome?' 'Never said that, but cool people don't call themselves cool.' I laughed as Rin's sharp look remained. Once we arrived in class Rin shouted out his hellos to everyone. 'Morning Rin,' a cute girl spoke as she smiled welcoming him to sit beside her. 'Yo Shiemi I want you to meet my new friend Mira,' Rin responded as he gestured towards me. 'It's nice to meet you, my name is Mira Sakurai and I hope we could be friends.' I smiled innocently as a blush crossed her face and her eyes widened, she then reached out her hands to take mine. 'Of course I would be so very happy to be your friend.' Shiemi responded looking like she would cry out of happiness. 'Morning Okumura and who do we have here?' A boy with pink hair asked as he gave me a creepy smile. 'Oh Shima this is Mira she is a new student in the exorcist class.' Rin replied, 'It's nice to meet you.' I smiled as Shima put his hand down on the desk. 'Nice to meet you as well, why don't you come sit with me today?' Shima asked as Rin stood up, 'why do I have a bad feeling about this…' Rin glared as two other boys walked up to us. 'Shima why did you run off ahead?' A tall boy with streaked hair and piercings asked as he then looked down at me. 'Never mind…' He quickly added as the other short boy with glasses faced me as well. 'Oh right this is Mira… sorry I didn't catch your last name,' Shima smiled. 'Oh It's Sakurai, hi it's nice to meet you guys. I am a new Exwire here and I hope to learn a lot from you guys.' I smiled back, 'how is it that you are already an Exwire?' The tall boy glared as the shorter one tried to calm him down. 'Calm down Bon,' Shima sighed. 'What's it to you?' I glared back as Bon looked like he would flip any second now. 'Oh forget Bon let's go sit down.' Shima responded, 'right.' I smiled back as I then glared back at Bon. 'What she's sitting with us now?' Bon flared as we all took our seats.
'I forgot I haven't introduced these two yet,' Shima smiled as he gestured to the short bald boy. 'This is Konekomaru Miwa, and this is Ryuji Suguro, he is the young lord of the temple in Kyoto where we are from, so we call him Bon. Oh and my full name is Renzou Shima.' 'Okay it's nice to meet you guys, Renzou, Konekomaru, and I guess even you Ryuji.' I smiled politely, 'who said you can call us so casually?' Ryuji barked back. 'Dude what is your problem I just called you by your name.' I shot back, 'you call people by their first name when you are close to them not when you just meet them!' Ryuji argued as I froze and backed off. 'I uh…' I was then cut off when Yukio walked into class to start the lecture. Just then a girl with long dark hair in a ponytail rushed into class. 'You are late Riiko…' Yukio sighed, 'sorry I will have a better excuse next time!' she clapped her hands together and smiled, 'you didn't even have one this time…' Yukio responded as the class laughed. 'Hey Riiko we have a new girl in the class,' Rin belted as he gestured to me. 'Right I was going to introduce her,' Yukio responded. 'Class this is Mira Sakurai; even though she just joined she has already acquired the title of Exwire by orders of the Principal. She is going for the title of a Knight isn't that right?' Yukio asked as he looked towards me. 'Yeah, that's the one with the sword right?' I asked back as the rest of the class fell over. 'Oh come on you're almost as bad as Okumura!' Ryuji shouted as Rin stood up, 'hey I'm getting better.' I couldn't help but laugh, 'can we just get on with the class?' A girl with purple hair asked as she glared at me. 'Oh chill out Kamiki we're just welcoming a new girl, and it's nice to have another girl in the class who unlike you is nice!' Riiko grinned back as Kamiki stood up. 'Like I give a damn on what you idiots think!' 'Alright class that is enough, unless you want more collective punishment!' Yukio yelled as everyone quickly sat down. He then continued on with the class.
Class had ended and Riiko came up to me. 'Hey sorry about before, it's nice to meet you.' She smiled as I smiled back, 'same here, you seem like someone I will get along with well.' I responded, 'well most of the people in here are a bit crazy.' She giggled back as Ryuji stood up. 'What's that supposed to mean?' He glared as Renzou and Konekomaru just sighed. 'Who said I was talking about you, defensive much. Anyways I have to go but I will see you later Mira, oh and if you want a laugh take a look at Rin's face. That's what he gets for falling asleep in class, later!' She waved as she then took off. I looked over towards Rin who was just waking up from his nap. The hiragana for idiot was written across his forehead as well as some lovely cat like features, which were added to his face in permanent marker. Once again I couldn't help but laugh, Renzou joined in as Rin looked over at us with confusion. At that moment Ryuji started heading for the door as I chassed after him. I didn't want to leave him with the wrong impression. 'Wait up!' I called out as Ryuji stopped in shock to face me. 'What do you want?' He asked as I stared into his eyes, which made him look a bit uncomfortable. 'I… I'm sorry.' I spoke as he froze, tears were welling up in my eyes. 'Damn, just… come with me.' Ryuji responded as he grabbed my wrist and took me outside. We ended up sitting under a tree as Ryuji handed me a cold drink. 'Thanks…' I blushed as I took a sip. 'Why were you crying?' Ryuji asked as I took another sip of my tea and looked up at him. 'I was raised deep in the mountains by my mother. I never went to school nor did I ever socialize with anyone else. Everything I know today I learned from my mother, one of those things she taught me was by calling someone by their first name is a way to become closer… so earlier I didn't mean you any offence.' I responded as Ryuji's expression changed, 'I… I didn't know… your mom sounds like a nice person though.' Ryuji responded, 'she was…' I responded as Ryuji turned back to me in shock. 'Was?' 'She passed away a month ago…' I spoke as I felt Ryuji's hand on my shoulder. 'I'm sorry… and if you want… you can call me Ryuji.' He responded as I turned to him and smiled, 'does that mean we are friends now?' I asked as Ryuji blushed, 'yeah…' 'What do we have here?' Renzou spoke as he and Konekomaru walked up to us and smirked. 'Nothing!' Ryuji yelled, as his face was even redder. It seemed like things are becoming more interesting by the day.