Nathair1: Thanks. Yeah, was kind of in a daze when I wrote that chapter. Right.
Enjoy the next chapter.
The students walked into their classrooms after the closing ceremony came to an end when they heard an announcement over the PA, "Attention, attention, will Iruma from the Misfit Class report to the AV room, Iruma from the AV room," everyone looked at Iruma in confusion as he turned and walked out of the room with Clara and Alice following close behind him.
Clara looked up and slightly frowned, 'Iruma-kins? Are you in trouble?'
'I don't think so, Clara. Grandpa didn't say anything before we left for school this morning, and besides, we're not going to grandpa's office,' Clara sighed and nodded as the trio continued to walk up the stairs.
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The three entered the room and were greeted by several smiling faces before the demon in the middle handed them three tickets and smiled, "Here you go, tickets for tonight's Dem-dol concert," Iruma looked at the demon in confusion, "It's the Kuromu concert, our Battler won these tickets, but we're going to be there helping the stagehands, so we thought that since you guys saved the school, and those fireworks were awesome, we figured you deserve them,"
"Dem-dol? Kuromu...what?"
The demons looked at Iruma with wide eyes as Alice sighed and shook his head, "Master Iruma lived a shelter live with the Chair-Demon so it is perfectly acceptable for him not knowing what you're talking about," Alice smiled at Iruma and explained, "You see Master Iruma, there are periods in a demon's life where they get so stressed out that they will enter a wicked phase, and in order to avoid any unwanted damage, they will either play games, a sport or more commonly, attend Dem-dol concerts, and Kuromu is one of the most popular Dem-dol out there,"
'Is there something that I'm missing? All I know is we're going to a concert tonight,'
'It's okay, Iruma-kins, you're human so no one can say anything about you not understanding,' Iruma sighed and nodded as Clara grabbed him by the hand and smiled, "Okay, let's get back before Eggie-Teach gets mad at us," without warning, she pulled Iruma out of the room, laughing as Alice chased after them, calling out to them as the three demons laughed to themselves before turning around and worked on some of the speakers spread out on the table.
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The sun slowly dipped in the horizon as demons gathered in the stadium, waiting for the concert to start. Iruma looked around in confusion before Clara looked at him and smiled, "Isn't this fun, Iruma-kins?" Iruma looked at his mate and smiled, "We're going to listen to Kuromu!"
"Yeah," the lights dimmed and a mist filled the air as lights flashed on the stage and demons began cheering and the trio looked up to see a purple-haired demoness approaching the center of the stage.
Iruma smiled as the demoness looked around before spotting him and her eyes widened before she turned and raced off the stage, confusing the attendants in the stadium, "Is that normal?" Iruma thought out loud.
Alice hummed as he crossed his arms, "Maybe she had forgotten something backstage and raced back to get it,"
Two tall demons approached the trio and looked at Iruma with a hardened expression crossing their faces, "Iruma?" Iruma looked up in confusion as the demon on the left spoke, "Miss Kuromu asked for you backstage,"
"Okay," Clara took Iruma's hand, "Let's go Iru-"
"Just Iruma," the demon on the right said, stopping Clara, "Please, it isn't polite to keep a lady in waiting," Clara frowned as Iruma freed his hand and patted the top of her head.
Clara looked at him with wide eyes as Iruma smiled, "I'll be back soon, okay," Clara moaned and pouted as Iruma kissed her forehead, "Don't worry, I'll see what she wants and I'll be right back," Clara sighed and nodded as Iruma turned and followed the two demons through the crowd.
Clara moaned as she crossed her arms and pouted, "You and Master Iruma are bond mates," Clara looked up as Alice took a deep breath, "You have no reason to worry, Val...Clara," Alice looked down with a serious expression crossing his face, "You and Master Iruma are bond mates, so I doubt he will do anything to hurt you," Clara inhaled slowly and nodded as she turned her attention to the empty stage.
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Iruma sat across from the purple-haired demoness as he looked around in wonder, "So...you wanted to speak to me, Kuromu?"
"Um, yes, I was curious as to how you managed to get tickets to this show? It has been sold out for weeks," Iruma hummed and arched a brow in confusion as his eyes darted around the room, "I'm not trying to be rude or anything, but I find it odd that you had a ticket,"
"Oh...well during the Battler's Party at school, there was some commotion and...well...after something happened, a few students won these tickets, but offered them to me and my friends since they're helping the stagehand and will be here anyway,"
"Oh, I see," the demoness smiled as she clinched her fists and Iruma looked down at her hands, "Well if that is all, you can go back with your friends and I hope you will enjoy the concert,"
"Oh, thank you," Iruma stood up and smiled as he waved, "Well, see you in school tomorrow,"
"Okay, see you," Iruma turned and walked away when he was met by a wall of ice, "Hold on you!" Iruma looked back to see his classmate Kerori standing behind him and his eyes widened, "How...how did you know it was me!"
"Oh...well your glasses are on the table," Kerori stared with wide eyes, "Plus our school planner is opened up next to you and your hands...I noticed how you always ball your fists with your thumbs in your palms," Kerori gasped as a small smile formed across her lips before it faded as Iruma spoke again, "And outside of Clara noticing me, I kind of want what you have, to fade into the background,"
"What!" the room grew colder as ice began surrounding Iruma, "Fade into the background! Are you insane! You take the spotlight every freaking event in school! And no matter how cute I am, everyone still ignores me and praise you!" her face began glowing red as she rambled before fainting and the ice melted.
"Hey, Kuromu! Are you okay!" Iruma rushed towards his classmate and picked her up before laying her on the couch and frowned as he heard the door opened and he looked back to see a stern looking demoness glaring at him with narrowed eyes, "We were just talking...she got overexcited and...she passed out an-"
The demoness pushed past Iruma and walked over to Kerori and stared down at her before sighing and shaking her head, "This is bad...the only ones that can help Kuromu when she's like this is her family, but I heard that they are out of the region for the week...I hope that they can make it here in time before the concert," she glared at Iruma with narrowed eyes, "You shouldn't have excited her at all. The ice demons are normally in control of their emotions, but if they overexert themselves, they will pass out just like Kuromu did," without another word, she ushered Iruma out of the room, leaving Kerori alone.
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The two walked down the hall before they heard a voice call out, "Iruma-kins!" they stopped and Iruma looked up as he was tackled into a tight hug by Clara and Iruma smiled as he hugged he hugged her back as Alice walked up to them, "I was getting so worried I couldn't hear your thoughts and I was scared something happened,"
"Something did happen," Iruma's eyes widened as they looked back at the demoness as she took a deep breath, "Your little friend here overexcited Kuromu, causing her to faint, and now unless we can reach out to her family, we might have to cancel the concert an-"
"Hold on," Clara jumped away from Iruma and patted the pockets on her skirt, pulled out three dresses before she looked back at Iruma and Alice and smirked, "Hey you knuckleheads. I got an idea on how to help Kuromu," without warning, she jumped on the two, putting the blue dress on Iruma, and the white dress on Alice as the two struggled to break free from her grasp.
Okay, I want to apologize for the long wait. During the holidays I kind of get to the point where I don't want to do anything for various reasons. Anyway this has one more chapter in it and I will be making the sequel after. Enjoy.