Sorry this chapter gets very violent at the end. I do not own Jordin Spark's song, or the show or characters., blah blah blah. Enjoy.
Chapter Five
The next day, Noriko was walking to class with Rin and she felt her cell phone go off in her pocket. She had received a text message from Mephisto, saying that she has work to do after cram school. She groaned, Rin looked at her and asked what it was.
"Mephisto wants me to go work for him after cram school is over... who know's what he has planned for me."
Rin laughed and said, "I'm sorry Noriko, that sounds horrible, worse than Yukio giving me extra homework."
Noriko groaned and they continued to walk to class, then she remembered something.
"So... have any plans to ask Shiemi out yet?" she asked teasingly.
Rin tripped over his feet but quickly regained his balance, "Well... I'm still working on that."
When they entered the classroom, everyone took their normal spots, Noriko in the back of the class. She loved her seat because it gave her the advantage to watch over the students, as well as to do what she pleased.
Ryuji watched as Noriko took her seat in the far back while Rin sat next to Shiemi, everyone knew that Rin had a thing for the small blonde, he just had to get it through his thick skull to actually understand it. Shima watched as well and drooled, Izumo glared at him, making him stop instantly. When the teacher came into class and started the lesson, Noriko looked at the tattoo's on her wrist, touching them like they were glass. As she took notes, she noticed that Rin was drifting off, so she decided to take advantage of being in the back. Silently getting out an eraser that was almost dead from her pencil case, she waited for the right opportunity for the teacher to look away, and all hell would be lose one he did. Once he started to write stuff on the board, Noriko took aim and threw it like a baseball player and hit the bullseye. Rin screamed and grabbed the back of his head in pain. Noriko quickly sat down and looked bored. Everyone was looking at Rin and giggling.
"Damn it Noriko! What was that for!?" Rin got up from his seat and glared at her.
"Who me?" Noriko smirked.
"Mr. Okumura! Please sit down and pay attention." The instructor said, which Rin obliged.
Ryuji smiled at the incident and continued his work, Noriko the same.
Once the teacher left, Rin got up and stomped towards Noriko. She watched him with arms crossed and legs resting on the table.
"What was that for?" Rin asked angrily.
"You need to pay attention short stack, or else you will never complete your goal of defeating Satan." she said nonchalantly.
Rin grabbed the front of her collar and pulled her up until they were face to face. Everyone stopped what they were doing and watched the incident.
"Just because you have an advantage in all of this doesn't make you like Yukio! You think that you are all that but you're not. You are just like me." Rin yelled in her face.
Noriko's expression never changed, getting up, she glared back at him and said, "Step down Rin."
He gritted his teeth and blue flames started to emit off of him, Noriko grabbed the hand he was using to hold her shirt, used her strength, and tossed him over her head and into the wall behind her.
Ryuji was shocked, as well as everyone else. The class gathered around the two and saw Rin looking pissed off and Noriko looking unshaken, both glaring. Rin rushed forward and Noriko easily jumped, planting her foot on his back and pushing him behind her, leaving her to easily stand. Rin ran into the desk and growled, ready to charge again. But Ryuji, Shima, and Konekomaru were holding him down.
"Calm down Rin!" Ryuji yelled, and Rin seemed to snap out of it.
Noriko looked at him and then collected her stuff and left the class, she didn't want to be in the same room as him right at the moment. Shiemi tried to stop her but Noriko walked around her and left, slamming the door behind her.
Everyone looked at eachother then at Rin, who brushed everything off and went back to his seat.
Noriko walked out of the building and decided to get Mephisto's stuff over with, so she could be alone afterward.
Knocking on his door, and entering when he allowed it, she walked in and said, "I'm early."
Mephisto was shocked to see her this early, "My dear, you are to be in class right now. What happened?"
"Rin and I had a little complication." she said while taking a seat on one of the available chairs.
Mephisto's eyes sparked with curiosity, "Oh my, tell me, what happened?"
Noriko sighed and explained, meanwhile back at class, Rin had finally calmed down and was frustrated that he had went that far with her. Something snapped in him that he couldn't understand, could it have been that they are total opposites and they finally clashed? Rin didn't know for sure, but he did know that an apology was to come out of him tonight. Ryuji on the other hand was pissed at Rin for going that far with her, he was perfectly fine and then he snapped.
When she was done explaining what happened to Mephisto, he sat back in his chair and went into thought, then his eyes went big and he asked, "My dear, when was the last time you released your wings? We all have to release our secret sometime you know."
Noriko stared at him and then rapidly stood up from her seat.
"No! I refuse to release my wings. Do you know what would happen if I did? Every demon in the area will be thirsting for my blood, and everyone else around me, risking everyone at this school!
Mephisto frowned and then shrugged, "Oh, when you put it that way you take all the fun out of it. But my fun begins now, let's get down to business shall we?" he smiled evilly, making her feel very uncomfortable.
Noriko rubbed her eyes in annoyance of the director, 'Crazy clown.' she thought.
Through the day, he had her modeling for him and cleaning in a naughty maids outfit. Noriko was about to kill him for making her wear this stuff. When her shift was completed, she got dressed in her normal clothes and left the building. While she was walking back, she saw Ryuji walking out of the library, looking tired as she was. When they made eye contact, she looked away and continued walking to her building.
"Hitomi! Wait up!" Ryuji yelled while trying to catch up to her. Noriko groaned and stopped, waiting for him to catch up with her. When he finally did, he had a book in his hands with notes stuffed inside.
"What the hell happened back there? You-" he was cut off when Noriko held a hand out and began to speak.
"I'm still trying to figure that out myself. What are you doing in the library this late anyway?"
"I could ask you the same thing idiot, why did you just come out of the main building this late?"
"I had stuff to do." she replied nonchalantly.
Ryuji was getting really pissed off now, one moment she is this shy girl, the next a complete tomboy. 'What is with this chick?' he thought as he glared at her.
Noriko noticed his glare and said, "Look, I need to go. I will see you tomorrow in class."
"Whatever." and with that, they walked their separate ways.
When Noriko entered the building, she did her normal routine and headed upstairs, she didn't see Rin anywhere. She decided to get this over with so she walked to his bedroom and saw that the door was open. Peaking in, she saw him sitting at his desk, he had his feet up and was balancing a pencil on his nose, while Kuro was asleep on his homework. Noriko knocked on the door, making him look and almost fall when he saw her. He got up and stood, scratching the back of his neck he was about to talk but she beat him to it.
"I'm sorry Rin. I lost my patience and I shouldn't have reacted the way I did." she said while bowing.
Rin was in shock, "No... I'm the one who should be apologizing, I went to far... friends?"
He had his hand out and Noriko shook it as an acceptance. They caught up with what she had missed and they worked together. After working for an hour, she went to go take a shower and go to bed.
The next day in class, Noriko and the students were all gathered around to practice taming. The boys had tried their hardest but they couldn't get the hang of it, but Izumo on the other hand called upon her harvest foxes and she thought she was the queen of sheba. The instructor told her to go and train with her familiars, and the boys were to sit and do other homework that they had to do. Shiemi always had her familiar on her shoulder, so the teacher told her the same thing he told Izumo. Now Noriko seemed to be on the spot because she saw the blonde boy with the puppet sitting with the other boys.
"Now, since your new, do you know what a familiar is?"
Noriko nodded and was then handed a piece of paper and a pen. She remembered training with her parents and the wonderful creature her father had summoned, which gave her an idea. Making marks onto the paper that were similar from what her father wrote, she started to say the chant.
"I call upon the Heaven's guardian to come protect me in battle and fight along by my side, like my father, come and serve thy master!"
A strong wind started up, blowing paperwork everywhere, and distracting everyone from what they were doing. A bright light started to escape the markings and a loud roar made everyone cover their ears except for Noriko. When it was all over, Noriko looked up to see a white lion with great white wings on it's back. It's bright yellow eyes stared into hers and she stared back. Everyone gasped and looked at the magnificent creature, it was the size of a two story house.
"Ah, the daughter of my master. My dear, why have you summoned me? I see no threat here." said the lion telepathically.
"I'm sorry to disturb you, I'm just training... it's good to see you again Ariel. You can go back to guard the gates of Heaven. But you will be called again when I need you. Good bye friend." Noriko said while bowing.
The great lion turned to a normal size of an earth lion and nudged Noriko, she was surprised by his actions.
"I'm sorry for your loss child, he was also very close to me as well. And I would be honored to serve again to my friend's child."
She teared up and buried her face in the lion's mane, it was so soft and warm. She felt the lion make a purr like sound from it's throat. She backed away and said goodbye, wiping away the tears. A soft light emitted from the lion and soon he was gone. Noriko wiped away the few tears that escaped, unaware of the people around her.
She looked up and saw everyone with their jaws almost hitting the floor.
"What?" she asked.
"That... how... impossible..." the teacher was sitting on the ground, trying to comprehend everything that just happened.
Noriko smiled and walked over to go sit down next to her bag. Everyone was speechless. After about ten minutes, everyone was starting to act like themselves. Izumo and Shiemi practiced, and the boys went back to studying, well everyone except Rin.
"Noriko... that was... AMAZING! You have to teach me how to summon a familiar!" Rin said with excitement as he sat across from her with a face of pure joy.
Ryuji glanced over to Rin and Noriko, he was also very impressed to see someone summon a creature of that much power, which triggered his curiosity more.
Noriko noticed Ryuji and smiled at him, making him blush and look away. She shrugged and started to talk to Rin. For some reason, after summoning Anxo, she seemed happier than normal.
As the day continued and classes were almost over, Noriko rested her head on her hand and stared blankly at what was in front of her. All of a sudden, all of that was gone when she saw a pink haired kid come face to face with her.
"Hey you, my friends and I were wondering if you would like to go to karaoke with us, Rin and Shiemi are going, even Izumo! Please come with us." Shima said with a pouty face.
Noriko saw Ryuji looking at her with a pissed off look, she thought that he must still be mad about the way she acted last night. She glanced at Rin who was talking with Shiemi and had his arm around her shoulder, making her blush like crazy.
Noriko smiled and said, "Ya, that sounds nice."
Shima cheered and went back to the boys to go and collect his stuff. As they were all leaving, Noriko was walking in the back of the line while everyone else was walking to the karaoke bar. When everyone arrived at the bar, they got their room and everyone was assigned a number to sing. It went from Shiemi, Konekomaru, Shima, Izumo, Ryuji, Rin, then her. Everyone was having fun, some of the boy's voices still cracked at some points, making everyone laugh. Ryuji sat next to Noriko, they didn't notice because they were so focused on the game. When it was Noriko's turn, she blushed and was handed the microphone from Rin.
"Ok Hitomi, if your voice is as beautiful as you, you have to go on a date with me." Shima said, Izumo smacked him on the back of the head, making him blush.
Noriko smiled and replied, "Sorry Shima, but I don't like the color pink, I think it's kinda gross."
Ryuji and Rin busted up laughing at Shima's face when it fell.
Noriko chose a song from Jordin Sparks. Once the beat started, she started to get into it and began to sing.
"Hurry up and wait
So close, but so far away
Everything that you've always dreamed of
Close enough for you to taste
But you just can't touch
You wanna show the world, but no one knows your name yet
Wonder when and where and how you're gonna make it
You know you can if you get the chance
In your face and the door keeps slamming
Now you're feeling more and more frustrated
And you're getting all kind of impatient waiting."
As she continued, her small audience was captivated by her voice. She loved the lyrics to the song and it seemed to fit her life at the moment.
When she was done, she heard everyone start clapping, making her smile and do a little curtsy. Noriko took a seat next to Ryuji and now it was Shiemi's turn. Ryuji looked over at Noriko who still had a blush on her cheeks, she put her head down as she swirled her drink around. Her long silver gray hair covered her face, snapping Ryuji out of staring at Noriko. Meanwhile, she felt like someone was watching her, and right on cue, her phone went off. She picked it up and it was the devil himself, of course he had to ruin a perfectly good day.
"Sorry guys, I have to head out."
Everyone sounded disappointed, which surprised her.
"Where are you going?" Shiemi asked.
"Um... I have to... um...work?" Noriko lied.
Ryuji saw right through that one easily, he crossed his arms and rolled his eyes, 'More lies.' he thought.
She collected her things and was about to head out the door, when she heard Ryuji say, "I'll go with you. It's late and I need to go study."
Noriko quickly looked back with a surprised look on her face when Ryuji collected her things and was walking to her.
"No no, you stay here and enjoy yourself, I can-" she was cut off when Ryuji flicked her forehead.
"Idiot." he said while walking out, he stood in the hall and waited for her. Noriko groaned and saw Rin wink at her, she glared at him before she closed the door.
"Go get her Bon!" Shima managed to scream out before the door closed.
Ryuji growled and yelled back at the already now closed door, "It's not like that!"
And with that, he walked out of the building with Noriko behind him. When they hit an open area where people didn't crowd the street, she walked side by side with him and drifted off into another world.
After a while, Ryuji decided to end the silence.
"So, where do you work at?" he asked while looking at her, he could tell she wasn't paying attention when she didn't respond. In frustration, he poked her head and got her attention.
"What was that for?" Noriko asked while rubbing the spot where he had poked.
"If you weren't off daydreaming, you would answer my question. Where do you work at?" he replied while tossing his bag over his shoulder and shoving his free hand in his pocket.
'Crap!', she thought.
"Um... I work at the..." when she didn't reply, he decided to get it over with.
"Stop lying, I hate people who lie. Who really texted you?" he said in annoyance
Noriko stopped walking and looked at him in shock, 'What the hell?' she thought.
"Why do you care? We barely even know each other." she said while walking past him.
Ryuji was pissed and grabbed her wrist, making her turn to look at him.
"What do you think I'm trying to do here!? What the hell is wrong with you!? The only person you let yourself be close to is that idiot and push away anyone else who even tries!"
Noriko looked down as he yelled at her, he had gotten closer while he was yelling, she could tell because she saw his shoes come into her view of the ground.
"For once can you tell me the truth!"
Noriko snapped her head up and was inches from his face, "If I showed you the truth you, me, everyone, would be hunted down and killed because of the truth and I refuse to have that happen you dick!"
Ryuji looked into her grey eyes and saw tears forming in the corners, making him feel a little guilty for making her cry. He slowly released the grip on her wrist when he saw that she was telling the truth. Noriko looked down and said in almost a whisper said, "I'm sorry Suguro, but I have to keep this a secret." And with that she walked away with tears in the corners of her eyes.
Ryuji watched her walk away, but he didn't want her to go, not just yet. He ran to catch up to her and stood in front of her to block her way.
"We aren't done talking yet."
"Am I interrupting something here?"
They both looked up to see Mephisto floating in his chair. Ryuji blinked and then looked back at Noriko who had a look of fear in her eyes.
"What are you doing here Mephisto?" Noriko asked in annoyance, she rubbed her eyes and sighed.
"Well my little servant didn't show up and I was getting worried, so I decided to go and get some air and to look for you. Then I heard ou to yelling at each other and here we are. Now what are you two arguing about? Oh, young love!"
"No, it's not that Mephisto." Noriko replied in a monotone voice, but both her and Ryuji blushed a little.
"We'll talk tomorrow Hitomi." and with that, Ryuji left.
Noriko was left with the crazy clown, who was watching us like one of his anime shows.
"Let's get this over with." she said while walking to the main building.
Mephisto snapped his fingers and they appeared in his office, Noriko sighed and sat on the chair.
"Tonight you will be sorting my books and filing my papers. Chop chop half breed." Mephisto said in a disturbingly happy tone. And to filing she went, but while she was doing her job, her mind drifted off to Ryuji.
'Why does he care about what I do? It's only been a week and we are fighting like we've known each other for our whole lives. I don't even know where the hell he's from or his past! Ugh... why is this so difficult!?' Noriko thought while she was forcefully filing Mephisto's papers.
'Should I tell him?... No, not yet. I feel like it's too early... but when will I ever tell him... or anyone for that matter, the truth?' he thoughts wandered off again and before she knew it, she was done with her work and Mephisto was telling her to leave.
As she was walking back home under the moon's light, she felt something different in the air. Stopping and looking up at the sky, she put her senses on high alert and didn't feel any demons or any human outside for that matter.
'Must just be my head.' she thought as she continued to walk to the building. As she walked in the building, she heard footsteps and then saw Rin coming around the corner with a big smile on his face.
"Noriko! Thank goodness you are finally home. You won't believe what happened after you left." Noriko stood there with her arms crossed, waiting for the bigs news from Rin.
"I asked Shiemi out and she said yes! Can you believe it!?" Rin said as he jumped in he air and yelled in excitement.
Noriko smiled and walked past him saying, "Congratulations. I'm tired, see you tomorrow. Good night." in a monotone voice.
Rin frowned and walked up next to her and asked, "Are you ok?"
Noriko sighed and stopped walking, turning to Rin, she said, "Ya... just a lot on my mind right now."
"Uh-huh... like a certain rooster boy?" Rin asked in a perverted tone.
Noriko glared at him and said, "No you idiot... It's about me... and the truth."
Rin cocked his head and then a light bulb went on, "Oh... you mean your powers?"
Noriko nodded and sat on the stairs, putting her head in her hands, "I feel like I should tell everyone... but then again if I do, the consequences will be dreadful."
Rin sat next to her and rubbed her back, trying to comfort her, he said, "I know how you feel. It was really hard keeping it a secret, then when it finally came out... everyone ignored me. But we all got past that and now we are like a big weird family. I mean come on, they have two kids of Satan in the same room as them and they don't care. The only thing they care about is who we really are inside, not what powers we have."
Noriko looked at Rin and said, "How did an amazing speech come out of you?"
"I would like to know the same thing, Rin. That was quite unique." Yukio said at the top of the stairs.
Both Noriko and Rin jumped when they heard Yukio behind them.
"He's right you know. But tell them when you feel is the right time, they will understand." Yukio said as he smiled and touched her shoulder in a reassuring way.
Noriko looked at them and smiled, "Thank you guys."
She hugged them both in a bear hug and said their goodnights. Noriko went to her room and collected her things to go take a shower. When she was done with cleaning herself off from the day, she went back to her room and went to bed.
Noriko was in her classroom talking to Rin, having a conversation she wasn't sure about. Everyone was surrounding them, joining in on the conversation, laughing with big smiles on their faces. Then all of a sudden, they were outside and her classmates were tied up by chains on a fence . They were struggling to get out, yelling for her help. When she tried to go and free them she was stopped by an unknown force. She looked down and saw that she was caught in a spell that wouldn't allow anything to get out of. Then from the corners of her eyes, she saw the same demon that was in her dreams from the monastery, the one that killed her parents. His eyes filled with the thirst of death, his smile showed his razor sharp teeth.
Noriko yelled in anger, "Let them go!"
"That won't be happening. You see, I will make a deal with you. Reveal your wings, and your true power to your friends, or let them be eaten by my babies."
Noriko looked towards her friends and saw that there were ghouls and man eating demons surrounding her friends. Fear was in their eyes, and they were expecting her to save them.
She glared back at the demon and said, "Why are you doing this you bastard!?"
The demon laughed and said, "Well you see, your parents and I had a falling out. I was trying to have some fun up here and they didn't like that. So they decided to kill everything in their path to get to me. But they also managed to kill someone very dear to me, my beloved son. And on that day, I promised your parents that I would kill them and their beloved future daughter. Here we are."
He was now in front of her and glaring at her, "Deal?"
Noriko glared back at him and then back at her friends that were about to be slaughtered if she didn't do something quick.
She was about to call upon her familiar, Anxo, but she remembered that she was trapped. She couldn't do any spells inside the circle, or outside; she was trapped.
Noriko fell on her knees and dropped her head, "Deal."
And with that, the demon lifted the spell and grabbed onto Noriko's neck. He kept her in place and said, "Release your wings!"
Noriko started the cantation and a bright light emitted from her. The tattoo's on her wrist and back that acted as a seal, lifted off her skin and turned to dust. A loud bang roared through the air and Noriko started to feel her wings escape her body. She screamed as they morphed from her body, they were beautiful, but the pain was worse. When it was done, the demon released her and she fell to the ground.
"My, my. How beautiful. But now I want more."
The demon raised her from her neck and started to rip her feathers out. She screamed in pain.
"Stop! We had a deal you ass hole!" Noriko yelled.
"I'm a demon you bitch, never make deals with us." he smirked and continued to pull. Then she heard screams from her friends and she saw the demons surrounding them were beginning to attack. They screamed in pain and yelled for help, but she couldn't help them. She began to cry and sadly watched as each of her friends were being killed. Just like the demon pulling her feathers out, the demons were killing everyone off one by one.
"NO!" Noriko yelled.