A/N: Hello, dear readers! I'm finally back, this time with a crossover. My first anime and my current fav, the two main characters, my stupid dream - and here we are! So read and (I hope) enjoy. Also, tell me your opinion, because I don't know what to think of this idea...
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"So tired..." - whined Ichigo, laying her head on the table. Her red hair was messy and she had "panda" eyes from the lack of sleep.
Minto poured some tea into her cup. "You are just a lazy bone. The only thing you want to do is hang out with your boyfriend".
Ichigo shot her a glare, but Mint only smirked and sipped her tea.
"You are one to talk. The only thing you want is drink tea. How does it feel to be single, huh?"
Minto put down her cup and gave the cat-mew a deathly look. Before this could turn into a bloody massacre, Ryou came walking. "Close the cafe, - he said - we have an important day tomorrow".
All the mews looked at him. "What do you mean?" - asked a puzzled Ichigo.
"We'll make a performance!" -squealed Pudding, jumping up and down.
Ryou smirked, "Nope, You are having a special training". "Special training?"
Akasaka walked out of the kitchen and smiled. "Yes, we contacted an organization, which specializes in demon hunting and offered our help".
"Without asking us first". - said Zakuro coldly. "
"Yeah, and what's this organization anyways?" - asked Ichigo angrily.
"Well, first of, you have much free time now, during summer vacation,"- said Akasaka and gave them an apologetic smile.
"And secondly, the Knights of the True Cross is an authoritative organization. It is governed by the Vatican."
"Who's that?" - asked Ichigo, but Ryou ignored her. "They train young people to be demon hunters. Since you have experience in Chimera killing, it will be a good method of exchanging knowledge and skill. Besides, you will meet up with a group of teens, or, as they call themselves, exorcists in training".
"But Shirogane! - whined Ichigo - Why do we need this training?"
"What could we possibly learn from a bunch of kids?" - asked an annoyed Mint.
"I...I think it's a good idea..." - stuttered Lettuce. Ichigo gave her a look of disbelief. Pudding jumped up and down, clapping her hands. Zakuro nodded thoughtfully. "Indeed. We have much time now that the aliens are gone. I guess some extra training would be good".
Keiichirosmiled at her, and Mint looked at her idol with hearts in the eyes, "You are right, onee-sama!"
Ichigo was the only one, who was still pouting.
"Oh, I almost forgot, - said Ryou and looked at looked at Ichigo, - bring your lover-boy a.k.a. boyfriend". The blond man smirked, "I'm sure he needs some training too, now that he is a normal human".
Ichigo turned red in anger (Duh, Shirogane was practically insulting her boyfriend in public!), but then she smiled to herself. Now she had an excuse to spend time with Aoyama-kun. Um...with Masaya! Yeah, it will be fun!
"Now go home and have some rest", - Ryou's voice brought her back from planet "Lovey-dovey" and she jumped up, feeling enthusiastic. "Right!"
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Unfortunately, the next morning came sooner than they have hoped, and the five girls + Masaya gathered in the cafe. They had been waiting for half an hour, when finally Ryou came in, but this time not with Keiichiro. The person next to him was a man in his mid-40th and he was dressed like...a clown! The girls blinked several times, trying to comprehend the sight in front of them.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, ladies, - said the strange man from Wonderland in a sweet tone, eyeing the girls, - I'm Sir Johann Faust the V. I'm the president of the Japan branch of the Knights of the True Cross. Also, I'm the director of True Cross Academy". He nodded at Masaya, assuming that he was the leader. "I'm looking forward to cooperate with you all".
"Well, Mr. Faust, - started Zakuro, since the others were a little too shy/ too confused to talk to him. - Where are those exorcists Mr. Shirogane told us about?"
Sir Faust smirked, pulling out...a key. "Oh, they are waiting for you to arrive. Their teacher brought them to one of our training rooms. Shall we go?"
The group kept silence, only Ryou and Zakuro nodded. Mr. Faust turned around and approached the door of the lab. As soon as he put the key into the lock, the door glowed for a moment and a red and blue cross appeared on it. Mr. Faust turned back to the mews, "Such keys allow exorcists to travel all over the world. It also has the ability to turn 'every' door into a portal".
"It's quite helpful," - murmured Masaya. Mr. Faust grinned some more, "Indeed". He opened the door and stepped in. Ryou followed him, along with Zakuro, but the others were hesitating.
Pudding gulped and grabbed Lettuce's hand. "Let's go together, onee-chan". Mint followed her idol. Masaya gently took Ichigo's hand and smiled reassuringly. Ichigo smiled back and they went through the door. The last thing they heard was a "Good luck!" from Keiichiro.
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"Welcome to True Cross Academy's training room!"
That was the first thing Ichigo heard as she entered the big hall. She saw her friends, who had gathered in a group. As Masaya and she stepped to them, the cat-mew saw a group of teens standing in front of them. Some were smiling at them, other's had neutral expressions. Another thing Ichigo noticed that most of them were boys.
Ryou stood next to a guy in a dark coat. The young man's age was hard to tell, but Ichigo assumed he was around 18. He had short brown hair, teal eyes and he was wearing glasses. Also he had a piece of paper in his hands, probably a document or a list.
Mr. Faust was standing between the two groups. "Now then, I'll leave you with Mr. Shirogane and Mr. Okumura". And in a poofof pink smoke he was gone.
Ichigo blinked, and exchanged confused glances with her friends.
Since no one else seemed to care, Ichigo decided to analyze the teens in front of her. There was a boy with glasses, who looked like a kid, a tall one with messy light-pink or even orange hair. Next to them stood a guy, who looked like a punk. His hair was messy, punk-rock style, he had piercing and very scary eyes. Hard core.
Ichigo gulped. 'What in the...?'
She glanced at the two girls. One of them, who had dark purple hair, reminded her of Mint, for she had the same "aura" of independence and snobbism.
The other, a blond beauty, rather appealing (for guys of course), smiled kindly at them. 'Just like Lettuce, ' - thought Ichigo and smiled back. The weird thing about the blond was that a small green creature was sitting on her shoulder, making cute noises. Ichigo raisedan eyebrow, but then glanced at her own pink fur ball, Masha. Yep, to them it must look strange too.
And finally, next to the blond, stood a tall guy with black-bluish hair, carrying a dark-red sword-case over his shoulder.
"Now then, - started the teacher, who was introduced as Mr. Okumura, - lets get to know each other. This is the Cram School class, exorcists in training. Konekomaru Miwa and Renzo Shima, arias in training". The one with the glasses bowed, the orange-haired smirked and winked at the mews. 'What a creep' - thought Ichigo.
"Aria and dragon, Reyuji Shugaro". The punk nodded.
The tamers - Izumo Kamiki and Shiemi Moriyama". The girls smiled, and sighed, "Knight in training -Rin Okumura". The blue-haired boy nodded, "The next Paladin". Now he looked even snobbier than Izumo and Mint together. "What's a pala-pala?" - asked Pudding curiously. Rin looked like he got punched in the face. "What?! You don't even know that?!"
"Well, we aren't exo-whatever, so we don't know what you are talking about," - said Mint.
"Then who are you?" - asked Shugaro.
Ryou stepped in, "If you don't mind, I shall explain".
Ichigo listened carefully as Shirogane described their heroic team, which had saved Japan(Duh, the whole Earth!) from the alien invasion.
The exorcist clapped with appreciation. "I didn't know there was an alien invasion," - murmured Konekomaru thoughtfully."
Rin huffed,turning away. "Yeah, 'cause we were too busy fighting-"
"Rin!" - yelled Mr. Okumura. "Oh, come on, Yukio, you know I'm telling the truth". The mews and exorcists watched, as suddenly 's aura turned devilish. "If you don't stop this, you'll go straight to the special training with Miss Kirigakure".
Rin was about to say something, but then just gulped and looked away. Ichigo mentally decided that Miss Kirigakure was more or less a female demon.
"Now then, - said Mr. Okumura, who had "turned" back to his teacher form, - we have paired you up, so you can exchange training and fighting methods on your own. I'll give each of you a key, which will lead you to special training room. Now here are the pairs". The two groups gathered around him.
"Miss Aizawa and Miss Kamiki". The two girls approached and smiled at each other. "Now they get along pretty well," - murmured Ichigo. Rin, who stood next to her, heard that. "Snobby birds of one feather..." He didn't finish, but Ichigo giggled.
"Miss Fujiwara and Miwa".
Zakuro approached the boy, who blushed like mad. "Shall we go?" - she asked in a seductive tone, giving him a flashing smile. Konekomaru turned into a complete tomato, but nodded firmly and even offered her his arm, which caused his friends to stare with mouths open.
Shima whistled. "Wow! Never thought that such beauties could save the world. Man, I hope I'll be as lucky as Koneko..."
"Shima and Miss Fong," - announced . Pudding jumped towards the boy and, grabbing his arm, pulled him forward. "Come on, onii-chan," - she squeaked. Shima only sweat-dropped, wiping away fake tears of disappointment.
Next were Shiemi Moriyama and Lettuce Mindorikawa, and Rin sighed in relief. The blond waved as she went through the door, and Rin waved back, grinning like a fool. Sure, they weren't dating officially, but Rin has always considered Shiemi as 'his', and she liked him too, it was obvious. So he was glad that she was paired up with a girl.
"Aoyama Masaya and Shugaro". turned to Ryou, "I suppose the leaders should work together".
Hearing this, Ichigo opened her mouth to protest, but Ryou answered before her: "Well, technically the strongest in the team is her". He nodded at Ichigo. "But I guess Aoyama has more leadership skill, so..." nodded, "Mr. Shugaro is the unofficial leader too, but he is quite strong".
He sighed, glancing at Rin, who just looked away. Sure, Bon was very talented and hardworking, but when it came to fighting Rin was more experienced.
The boy sighed. 'As if I'll ever be a leader...Nope, I'm still a demon.' He was pulled out of his gloomy thoughts, when realization dawned in him. Bon walked off with the dark-skinned boy. That left only him and...
He glanced at the red-haired girl next to him. She was the same age as he, a head shorter. She waved at the boy, who was walking off with Shugaro. The boy was smiling.
"Rin! Here is your key!" - he heard Yukio shout. As his brother handed him the golden item, he murmured into Rin's ear, "Please explain everything to her before drawing your sword. I don't want her to die from a heart attack, when she sees you covered in blue flames".
Rin glared at his twin. "I'm not as dumb as you think".
Yukio sighed, "Just be careful". He nodded towards his older brother and then walked off, discussing something with Shirogane.
Ichigo approached him. "Are you his favorite student or something?" - she asked. Rin glared, but then saw that she was simply curious. He chuckled. "Nope, he's my brother".
"Wow! It must be cool to have a big brother".
Rin sighed, opening one of the doors with the magic key. "Actually, we are twins and I'm the elder one". He expected her to be all shocked and would say something along the line: "Really?! But he looks more mature/smarter/ more attractive (this one in particular was his biggest fear) than you". And so on and so on.
He was pleasantly surprised when she kept silence. Rin glanced at her. She looked nervous, clutching the edge of her shirt and staring into the black nothing before her.
He smiled sympathetically. "Don't worry, it's fine".
She looked at him doubtfully. He offered her his hand. "I was a little scared too, when walking through this door the first time. But we will land in a normal training room".
Ichigo blinked. "Oh. And what if we land on island with snakes and tigers?"
Rin chuckled, "Then, I'll fight them off and protect you. Trust me".
Ichigo looked at him skeptically, but then smiled shyly and took his hand. Rin grinned and together they went through the door.
End part 1. TBC.