My Life In Blue Exorcist

-Next day (Friday 13th)-

I wake up at 5, the same time everyday, as I leave my bed after deciding what training I should do. My flames have already exceeded the original Rin's capabilities so let's start training my physical abilities for once. My control of the flames could get better but I'd rather think about balancing out my strengths so I don't become over-reliant. I can't wait to start learning how to use a gun but that'll be after I pass the Exwire exams.

But going back to the main topic, my control over my body isn't really good. I can perform tasks normally without anything breaking but as soon as I tighten my grip a bit, the object in my hand breaks very easily.

I've tested out my physical strength in the training room Mephisto gave me before. I punched out one of the walls and found the area underneath got caved in. It wasn't even a serious punch but it caved the wall, so imagine if a human felt that power on their body, let's just call it a nightmare for them.

Welp, regardless, I don't want to accidentally kill someone due to my misjudgement of strength. Looking over Rin's memories, I can see him fighting people and feel the emotions he was going through at those moments. Anger, annoyance and sadness. Seems like awakening Rin's Demon side made his body get stronger than it already was. I wonder if that means his flames have a certain nutrition to them that amplifies my natural strength. Guess I have more things to study after finding out that Spider Demon's origins.

I shake my head to wipe away the feelings implanted into Rin's memories as I continue walking outside. I wonder what's the reason for my transfer over here? I'm grateful for whoever sent me here but the lack of warning and presence is worrying, to say the least.

As I walk outside to the courtyard thinking about how to train myself and the reason for my transfer, I see Sora doing some stretches in her Pe clothes. What's she doing up this early?

(Rin): "So you and Kirihime aren't inseparable after all."

I sneak behind Sora by softening my footsteps as I walk towards her. I can tell from how far she was bending her body that she was very flexible, as expected of the woman called the "Club Wrecker". When she finished her last stretch I spooked her with my sudden phrase

(Sora): "Geez, don't scare me like that."

Sora jumps forward and turns towards me before realising it was only me. Looks like I got a little revenge for all the time she'd sneak up on me. Seriously, I can never feel her presence unless I focus extra hard. Maybe it's part of her training as an Exorcist? Probably in the Information Gathering Department.

She glares at me after finding out it was me which reminded me of that time Naneko said a joke. The bloodl.u.s.t I felt was… Frightening to say the least. It wasn't enough to make me go insane or anything but was enough to make me wonder what Sora had to go through to have such an ability.

(Rin): "Haha sorry about that, just wanted to have some fun with you. By the way, do you think you can help me train? I'm a little heavy-handed."

I try to make her calm down before asking her my favour. She's surprisingly fun to mess around with but can be a little scary. Welp, I may have a death wish so I'll continue regardless.

(Sora): "Heh, a 'little heavy-handed', you say? Funny coming from the guy who broke one of his classmates' legs during football."

Sora breaks her glare as she rolls her eyes whilst repeating my words. She then gives a little laugh as she says the rest

(Rin): "Oh? How'd you know about that?"

I guess news travels fast even though I'm not that known in the school. Hopefully, it's not anything bad like gaining a title called "The Demon of Sports" or something.

(Sora): "A lady has her methods."

I roll my eyes at Sora's answer as she gives me a cheeky smirk and a wink. She then goes to one of her sports bags that's leaning against the wall and brings out a basketball. She looks at me and gives me a wide grin which made me tilt my head in confusion before she suddenly throws the basketball with strength no normal human can through with. At least by the standards of my old world that is.

(Rin): "Oi, you trying to break my nose with that kind of pass?"

I catch the ball that was aimed at my face before asking the usual questions. Is my face really that bad…? Oh well, but seriously, the power she put on that ball was definitely not something a normal human could do. I wouldn't say as strong as Kuro or Midori but definitely not humanly possible.

But then again I'm in an anime world. The laws of Physics have already been destroyed from a long time ago.

(Sora): "Haha, sorry about that. I was just testing your reflexes and you definitely have some good ones. Ok, so for the first lesson, let's start with teaching you the basics of dribbling. Show me what you got first!"

Reflexes, huh. Why do I have trouble believing that? Regardless of my doubts I listen to Sora and try dibbling. I bounce the ball, but due to misjudging my own strength again, it bounced over my head. I catch it and try again but this time with significantly less power but it feels really awkward.

(Sora): "So this is what I'm dealing with, huh."

Sora says that after a few seconds on my attempt to dribble. She then gets up from leaning against the wall and tries to steal the ball away from me. Due to her sudden movements, I tried to defend myself by raising my left arm as a shield but doing so made me lose concentration on my strength on the ball which led to it flying in the air again.

(Sora): "You know this isn't baseball where you keep your eyes on the ball…"

Sora says that as she jumps high into the air to grab the ball. Again, something that's not humanly possible at all.

(Sora): "You gotta look at your opponents' footwork and their body language whilst maintaining your stance else you'll easily be intercepted."

Sora then gives me a lecture on what to do in various situations in basketball, as well as how to dribble properly and focus on my surroundings instead of only the ball. The lessons are quite similar to swordsmanship in a sense which helped me quickly pick up these skills.

After a few more steals from Sora and my attempts to defend, I finally got to the point of being able to control my strength to some degree. It was then that I started having fun dribbling the ball.

(Sora): "Wow, you're like a kid sometimes."

Sora says that as she gives me a wry smile. Hey, I can't help it since I wasn't very athletic in my past life. Welp, not like I can just tell her that without facing her questions afterwards.

Seeing as the sun was rising, I asked myself what time it is before the numbers '5:35' appear. I got to love this ability of mine but now I'm even questioning why I'm even able to predict the time?

Oh well, I'm just overthinking things again.

(Rin): "I'm gonna take a bath before making everyone some breakfast. See ya later."

(Sora): "See ya! Oh, that reminds me, I can help you out every morning for sports if you want! Just repay me with your cooking!"

(Rin): "Haha, sure."

We waved at each other before I headed back to my room to wake up Kuro and Midori. After calling their names a few times and being greeted with a surprise hug from the half-asleep Midori, we all headed up to the 3rd-floor bathroom instead of the one on the second floor just in case something like "yesterday" happens again.

We cleaned our bodies and I helped Kuro and Midori with washing their hair before heading into the bathtub. Kuro and Midori both jumped into the water as I get drenched in water from their cannonballs

(Rin): "You cheeky brats!"

I also jump into the bathtub and chase after them to give them a headlock each. After we finished messing around with each other we relaxed in the tub and talked about what has happened in the last "few days" in the Pocket Dimension.

(Midori): "I'm still surprised that Yanno-san is your nephew. Does that make him our cousins then?"

(Kuro): "Oh, I never thought of that. But didn't father say that they're not related by blood?"

(Midori): "I still don't understand how blood relates to this."

(Rin): "Yanno's father is the son of my father. But like the rest of my brothers, except Yukio, they are all adopted. They're similar to the both of you but not as distant with each other."

I felt my stomach turns from saying father but I guess I need to get used to it, huh. I already told the two of them about Satan and how I'm related to him but they didn't care much other than how awesome that is. It honestly made me laugh for quite a bit when I realised how carefree the two of them really are but made me happy that they haven't changed their behaviour.

After a few more minutes of relaxing, I started to feel drowsy and took a little nap in the tub. if it wasn't for Kuro waking me up, I could've almost drowned but then I got the stupid idea of seeing how long I could hold my breath underwater which Kuro and Midori soon followed upon. Turns out we can easily hold our breath for 10 minutes without feeling too much discomfort but I soon told them not to hold their breath for too long in hopes of them not passing out.

I wonder if it's due to our enhanced lungs or because of the demonic energy that we're able to hold our breaths that long. Aaah, gotta love doing more research in the future.

Once we got out of the bathtub, we went to the cafeteria where most of the Club Members were there having another Shogi Tournament. Seriously, these guys always have something to do. I look at where most of the commotion is coming from as I see Kasamugi with the look of defeat as he once again loses against Kirihime. Meanwhile, Kirihime looks like it wasn't that big of a deal as she prepares the board for another game.

I look around to see the others playing Shogi as well but I notice that Yukio and Amethyst especially are enjoying themselves. Looks like I'm not needed to interfere too much but maybe giving them the concert tickets would've been a good idea. Too bad I don't have the talent nor have I put in the effort to win against any of the Club members.

Oops, my pessimistic side came back again. I look around once again to notice that Naneko isn't around. Hmm, still asleep? I go to ask Akane, who's talking to Izumo and Noriko, but Kuro asked before I could.

(Kuro): "Where's Naneko-neesan?"

(Rin): "Morning everyone, Where's Naneko?"

(Akane): "Oh morning Kuro, Rin, Midori. Nano took a nap after taking a bath."

(Rin): "A nap? Why one so early?"

(Akane): "She likes her naps but it might be because Sora was messing around with everyone in the bathtub."

(Rin): "Uh…Ok…?"

I tilt my head and give Akane a questioning look as she just gives me a little smirk at my confusion.

(Izumo): "It's a lady thing."

(Noriko): "Haha, that's one way to put it, I guess."

(Rin): "..."

The three of them give a little giggle as Kuro, Midori and I tilt our heads in confusion. Now I'm curious about what they've done. But looking at their all-knowing smiles, I decided it'd be best to leave them be since they don't look like they'll be sharing any time soon.

Well, as a teenager who's watched slice of life anime, I can imagine what happened but I won't voice these thoughts out.

(Rin): "Well whatever, I'm gonna make us some breakfast. Do you three mind looking after Kuro and Midori?"

(Noriko and Akane): "Sure no problem."

I leave Kuro and Midori to the new trio as I walk towards the kitchen to make breakfast. I didn't expect Akane to get along with Noriko or Izumo but I guess this saves me from having to make them friends.

Once I got into the kitchen I started preparing the food before I used my flames to cook the food on the frying pan. Looks like we can save gas using this method.

As I was cooking for a few minutes, I started remembering about my cooking battle against Ukobach. I wonder how he's doing? With his family and all, I wonder what's it like to have a family like that?

Welp, I'm already surrounded by friends and familiars that treat me like a father so I guess I can't complain. Though I do agree that my situation is a bit weird, I just like my situation so let's get rid of these depressing thoughts and serve everyone breakfast already. Can't wait to see Ukobach's kid though. Maybe I'll have a little apprentice.

I had thoughts like these as I got Chelsea and Akane to help serve breakfast to everyone. Naneko joined as soon as the food was being served and gave a surprise hug attack to Akane. Once we sat down, we all started eating and were talking about random stuff like classes, about a new manga Kasamugu is interested in or a movie everyone wants to go to someday. Once breakfast was over I had help from Chelsea, Akane and Naneko to clean the dishes before getting ready to go to school.

(Rin): "Psst, you might want to head out early since Yukio prefers walking by himself then in a group as big as ours..."

I had a little chat with Amethyst about Yukio's habits and stuff like that. Once I finished giving Amethyst the details I notice her shaking up from nervousness so I jokingly said "Good luck Ranger Purple".

(Amethyst): "You know what colour Amethyst is?"

(Rin): "Oi, you trying to say I'm stupid?"

(Amethyst): "S-sorry, I didn't mean it like that!"

(Rin): "I feel heartbroken, I give my future sister-in-law advice and this is the thanks I get!"

I playfully tease her by calling her my future sister-in-law which made her face as bright as a tomato once again.

(Rin): "Well good luck, I'm sure Yukio is going to leave soon so you better hurry up, Purple. Hmm, or should I say violet?"

Seeing as she's stunned from being called "sister-in-law", I quickly excused myself and once again wished her good luck

(Amethyst): "How about neither?!"

Aww, she doesn't like my nickname. No matter, I soon join the others that were all going through the hallways to their rooms to get changed into their school uniforms. I helped Kuro and Midori change out of their pyjamas before wearing mine. I still need to investigate the elementary school for signs of the disappearances, but I'll focus on that after Cram School.

After we got changed we all headed outside to wait for the others. Once everyone minus Yukio and Amethyst have arrived we all headed out as soon as I mentioned that they had to do something at school together.

This started everyone to think they were dating and hiding their relationship or were still awkward with each other to start a relationship. Regardless, their lack of presence made everyone talk about how good of a ship they'd and they started saying ship names like Amio or Yukiyst.

The attention we gathered today was interesting, to say the least. The students looked at us as we walk to the schools' entrance, probably taking note of who we are and the loud noise we were making. They were looking at me and Yanno in particular with the words "Chef" and "Science whizz" flying around. Haaa, since when did I get a title for myself? I guess I should've expected one, huh.

Soon I had to separate from the group to take Kuro and Midori to the Culture Club. The rest entered the front entrance and separated by grade groups.

I said goodbye to the two of them before heading back to the classroom, we had maths in the morning followed by physics then break. It was during the end of physics that I realised something important.

(Rin): "We forgot our Biology write-up!"

I completely forgot about it during the 12 days inside the Pocket Dimension. Hmm, it's already too late to write it up but let's see…

(Rin): "Let's go."

I get up from my seat and drag Yanno with me, who's confused on what we're about to do. Once we got outside, we went to somewhere with less visibility to then try out what was in my mind. I released my flames once again but this time I burned the space around it, causing it to turn silver and the scene of the pocket Dimension appears.

(Yanno): "Since when did you become a Dimension Hopper?"

Once we got inside we started talking about random stuff while focusing on our homework. After a good 10 hours in the Pocket Dimension, we finally finished our homework and any other assignments that were given before having a little spar. We could've finished a lot sooner if we had wifi but that wasn't possible unless I had the flame gate open but that'll risk us getting caught so I decided not to which meant we had to rely on textbooks.

(Yanno): "Haaaa, how the hell is anyone supposed to contend against someone like you? You have f.u.c.k.i.n.g hells flames for Gods sake!"

Yanno says that out of frustration for losing another one of his summoned Demons again. Is this animal cruelty since the Demons are made from Yanno's Demonic energy? Hopefully, Yanno doesn't develop a God-complex but luckily it looks like that's not the case. I gave him a little smirk before I run towards him.

(Rin): "Better think of a way soon then!"

I say that after giving Yanno a kick to the stomach. After a few more attacks and knocking Yanno to the floor for the nth time, I helped clean him up with my flames and we ended the spar there. It's been a while since I've seen the Demon Yanno which makes me worried for his next arrival.

After leaving the Pocket Dimension we had double Biology followed by lunch. I got Naneko and Akane to help me out today as Yanno and I headed to the library to deal with a couple of questions we have. The Spider Demon is one but I'd also like to study about Beelzebub. We could ask Yanno's father but Yanno said that he isn't receiving any of his phone calls which worries me since I have no clue what kind of character Beelzebub has.

Hanamura, the student librarian, also isn't here today so we didn't have a conversation nor did we stop in the library. It's annoying that we can't find anything specific to the things we want so had to search it up on the computers.

We probably should've searched it up earlier as we quickly found out the information about them. The Spider Demon's name is Ai Apaec, a God known for being feared out of all the punitive Gods and is also known as the "headsman". He was the chief deity of the Mochica culture, protector of the Moche, a provider of water, food and military triumphs. Ai Apaec means 'maker' in the Mochica language.

So what he said about God slayer was about me killing him. Though I don't want to believe it, I actually killed a God huh. Well, he's probably alive somewhere to recuperate his losses, but the fact that I killed a God feels weird with me.

What is the difference between Gods and Demons? Call me blasphemous or whatever but I didn't acknowledge him as a God until I read this. Does the term God hold any value or is it just a title? Or is it just a concept humans created to fill in the missing information like the concept of time?

Well, I now know that I killed an actual God. Whether that god is a high ranking one or not is a different story but I can't let this victory make me overconfident.

We then searched up Beelzebub's name and find many mythologies relating to him but Yanno says none of them fits his father's character. I wonder if this worlds Beelzebub is different from the ones on this page? Again, is Beelzebub his actual name or did he claim it after seeing how his abilities are similar?

Haaah, this investigation stuff is tiring. I've found more questions than answers to any of them. I need to find someone who's able to know all of this information. If anything, the Order is most likely to know but I doubt they'd let me enter. I may have to sneak in somehow but getting caught will risk me getting hunted down and being executed. If push comes to shove, I'll ask Mephisto for a favour, though I really don't want to go through with that option.

Though if Sora is in the Investigation Department then she may know of a few things...

Seeing as there was nothing else we could do we headed back to the Home Economics room and had some lunch while chatting to the Club Members. Afterwards, my day was the same as usual until it was time to go to Club where it was the Grand reveal day for the art projects. Great…

(Kasamugu): "All righty, It's the annual art competition in the Culture Club. This year we have 10 participants all aiming for tickets to the Plus Ultra concert!"

As soon as everyone gathered and quieted down, Kasamugi starts it all off with a little speech before calling our names one by one. And guess what, I was called first.

(Rin): "Welp, here it is. It isn't much, but oh well."

I say that as I show them my pencil drawing of Yukio and I when we were kids with our Father messing with our hair. I got this scene from remembering the first day I arrived in this world, Rin seemed you hold this picture dearly to him and so do I as the host of his body.

(Rin): "It's a picture of Yukio and I when we were growing up, and our late Father. I'm not good at shading, but I hope you like it."

(Naneko): "It's awesome!"

I received a few compliments before the next person was called. I honestly feel happy about the compliments but I know that this isn't a good drawing. Maybe in the future, I'll try getting better.

(Kuro): "Shiro…"

I hear Kuro softly say father's voice as his eyes flashed with sadness. I walk up to him and pat his head which causes him to feel somewhat better.

(Midori): "So this is fathers father."

Midori asks as he tilts his head. Unlike Kuro who was in Canon, Midori wasn't meaning he had no experience with meeting with father.

(Rin): "Yep, I'll take the two of you to see him one day. I'll even show you two the people at the monastery that raised me."

I say that as I use my other hand to pat Midori's head. The two Demon kids smile at me as I resist the urge to just hug them to death.

(Yanno): "Behold!"

Once I finished patting Kuro and Midori, Kasamugu called out the next person who was Yanno. Yanno walked up to the desk and brought with him two little boxes. He opened them and revealed to us two types of Pokemon cards. One is with the borders, meaning they are the normal training card, while the others are without the borders, meaning Yanno painted over them making it look like a scene from Pokemon.

I find it amazing though certain individuals have a different opinion.

(Kasamugi): "As a fellow Pokemon fan, how can you live with yourself knowing that you made a card unusable?"

Kasamugi strikes fist down on the table as he says that. Looking at his face I can tell he's serious but I find it stupid considering this is an artwork. I look over at Yanno and see that he took some damage from what Kasamugi said, so I confronted Kasamugi.

(Rin): "Come on man, it looks awesome so stop being a stick in the mud."

(Naneko): "Yeah, Rin's right, there's no reason to make the Yanno feel bad about himself. His painting looks amazing!"

Soon everyone else started to back up Yanno with their opinions and push Kasamugi against the wall. Kasamugi soon sighs in defeat as he gives up but looks unwilling to change his opinion.

(Kasamugi): "Fine whatever."

For a guy who likes culture, you really don't like change of tradition, huh. Kasamugi then calls the next person out, Amethyst. Amethyst leads us to her desk, displaying her Flower arrangement in a vase.

(Amethyst): "I don't know much about art but I thought I could try doing some flower arrangements."

We see red rosebuds in teacups with other pieces of flora inside of it and a vase with purple lilacs and white roses. The smell travelled around the room which to me is an improvement.

(Naneko): "It smells wonderful."

(Kuro): "I like it!"

(Amethyst): "Thank you!"

The two Cat-Demons in the group really liked the smell of Amethyst flower arrangements. I can also smell it from where I'm standing but it doesn't have as big of an effect on me than the two of them.

Hmm, I wonder if that's a racial trait?

Next up is Akane who leads us to her desk where there is some kind of statue hidden underneath the cloth.

(Akane): "Here it is."

Underneath the cloth, a sculpture of a tall man with large dragon-like wings is revealed along with his two swords. The man had a fierce look on his face as he looks forward with a vicious grin. It looks amazing.

(Akane): "This is an angel swordsman from an anime I've been watching recently. I hope you enjoy"

Eh? An angel? I don't remember angels looking as evil as that. Hmm, maybe I should read up on angels since what I'm looking at is definitely not the angels I know of.

(Kasamugi): "Oh, you mean angel slayers, right?"

(Akane): "Mm."

…I think I need to watch this anime before I say anything further. Kasamugi quickly follows on what Akane said as he asks questions about the anime. Akane meekly hides behind Naneko as she nods her head to all of his answers. Haaa, her androphobia is a strange one considering she got used to my presence in a couple of days.

Seeing as he got a little over-enthusiastic, Kasamugi laughs wryly while scratching his head as he apologises before calling out the next person which is Naneko.

(Naneko): "This way please!"

Naneko leads us to her desk and we see literally dozens of canvases all over the place. In the canvases are paintings of Akane sitting in various positions or doing poses. I swear...

(Rin): "Your obsession is… frightening to say the least."

(Naneko): "Haha, I'll take that as a compliment then."

Naneko says that as she gives me a toothy grin. I hear a soft sigh behind me, most likely coming from Akane as she once again gets tired of Naneko's antics.

(Naneko): "That's not the main course. Watch~!"

Naneko then picks up a canvas from under the desk before showing us. The painting this time is a group of children and a female a.d.u.l.t smiling in the picture. All the kids show toothy grins but I notice a shy looking girl with black hair, a red highlight in her fringe and red eyes hiding behind a confident-looking cat-girl with black hair.

(Rin): "...Is this when you two lived in the orphanage?"

It doesn't take me long to add 2 and 2 together but I ask to get more information.

(Naneko): "Yeah… It's an old image but I remember it clearly… It was before we started our first year…"

Naneko says that as with a pained expression as if she saw something she can't forget but refuses to cry. I guess even the carefree Naneko has a past that she doesn't want to show. Especially considering her real name is "Nanako".

(Akane): "It's beautiful."

Akane says that as she silently hugs Naneko from behind. She probably sensed her friends' pained expression and wanted to comfort her. Wish I had someone like that…

(Naneko): "Of course it is! My little Akane is in it which makes it 10x better!"

Naneko says that as she pets Akane's head. Akane endures the head pats but refuses to let go of Naneko, probably from worry of her friends' mental stability. The clubroom had an awkward silence for a moment before Kasamugi started talking again.

(Kasamugi): "I can tell that you've had that image engraved into your mind. Your skill with the paintbrush has also improved compared to last year."

(Naneko): "Thanks Pres!"

To avoid having the awkwardness to stay in the air, Kasamugi than calls for the next person, Chelsea. Chelsea walks over to her desk before showing everyone her artwork. She shows us various oil pastel drawings like a tropical sunset with two dolphins jumping in the water or a waterfall with an orange sunset. Well, regardless they all look amazing and makes me realise how lacking my pencil drawing really is.

(Kasamugi): "Once again, you've shown us your elegant art style and the background looks marvellous as always."

Kasamugi gave his round of praises to Chelsea and so did the rest of us before continuing to the next person, Sae.

Sae leads us to his desk which is covered with watercolours everywhere but the main focus was the canvas. In the Canvas is a picture of nature in a cold environment which is symbolised by the dark blue colour on a white background. The trees are leafless as it's the time of winter and in the centre of the picture is a family of deer huddling together in the cold.

(Rin): "Amazing."

We all gave Sae a round of compliments before we go to the next person, which surprisingly is Kasamugi. I wonder what happened to Sora's artwork? While questioning about the skip, I also look at Kirihime's desk and notice that there's nothing there. Strange.

(Kasamugi): "Gimme a second to bring it out."

Kasamugi walks out of the room but soon comes back carrying a giant canvas that's bigger than his body. He had to awkwardly enter the clubroom but he entered with a large smile on his face.

(Rin): "You really look happy."

(Kasamugi): "Of course! Vwala!"

Kasamugi takes off the cloth and reveals a drawing of Izuku and Bakugou from my hero academia fighting against each other with their hero uniforms on. Izuko has green lightning surging around him, ready to punch Bakugou who's surrounded by sparks as his hands are full of nitroglycerin.

(Kasamugi): "You guys like it? I spray painted all this. That's the reason why I haven't spent much time in the Culture Club recently."

(Rin): "Spray painted?!"

Ok, how many bloody talented artists are in the club? Compared to my pencil drawing, they've gone above and beyond with sculptures and spray-painted works!

And there's still more to f.u.c.k.i.n.g come!

(Yanno): "Hey, cheer up man. I can teach you some art techniques later. Though it's a bit limited."

Yanno comes to cheer me up after noticing my mood. Looks like I have someone to rely on now, huh.

(Kasamugi): "I second that option but I don't want you to copy his blasphemy of painting over Pokemon cards."

Kasamygi agrees with Yanno but soon argues with him about his artwork again. These guys...

(Yanno): "You're still on about that?"

(Kasamugi): "Of course!"

(Rin): "Thanks, you guys."

I think I'll consider it once certain future events are dealt with but I guess it doesn't hurt to relax every once in a while.

(Naneko): "Don't leave Akane and I out! Let's get Rin to become a master of all art!"

(Akane): "I don't mind helping out."

(Chelsea): "I'll also help out."

(Kasamugi): "Ooo, a disciple, I see. Sure, it sounds like a fun club activity."

(Rin): "Well, I guess I'll ask the sensei's for help one day."

If I'm going to do this, It'll most likely be in the pocket dimension. I'm definitely not going to waste the time-delay effects one bit though I do need to make some preparations if I'm gonna live there. I wonder if I can get first in my class with its help? Maybe I'll even learn another language while I'm at it.

(Kuro and Midori): "We want to learn as well!"

Once again in unison, Kuro and Midori declare there wish of taking part in the lesson too which lead to everyone talking about what they should teach us and when to start the lessons. We all soon agreed that lessons would start next week while we start our other Club Activities

I wonder what it'll be?

(Kasamugi): "Well, onto the next one, Sorano Mitsuko!"

Kasamugi says that as he uses his hands to present Sora. The person herself seems to be in a good mood as she walks with a big smile on her face. On her desk is a statue that's hidden by cloth that looks about 30cm tall. She unveils the statue after saying a big 'tadaaa' and reveals to us a clay sculpture of Kirihime. Why am I not surprised?

(Sora): "Of course I had to use this opportunity to sculpt a statue of my cute Tsuno~!"

As Sora fashion, Sora made something related to Kirihime once again. I look at the clay sculpture of Kirihime standing up with her back straight, wearing the True Cross uniform with one hand over the other as she carries the same expressionless face. I look at the sculpture than to Kirihime herself and see no differences.

(Rin): "I don't think even dimension transfer can separate the two of you."

(Sora): "Of course! Nothing will separate us for a long period of time!"

Now I'm curious about how they met, Yukio told me earlier that Amethyst joined the Culture Club after reviving a Naneko that was low on hunger points. I wonder if something similar happened to them but with a more extreme case.

I guess I'll find out one day.

(Kasamugi): "And finally, the one who everyone of last years art contest is waiting for, Natsuno Kirihime!"

Kasamugi announces the next person, Kirihime. Hmm, wasn't Sora the last person? Kirihime hasn't worked on anything for the last week.

(Kirihime): "Ok."

With a simple answer, Kirihime walks towards her empty desk under the gazes of everyone. I notice that all the upperclassmen have expectations in their eyes but for Amethyst, Yanno and I, we have no clue on what's happening.

(Kirihime): "@#[email protected]/#@ @#$!/[email protected]"

(Rin and Yanno): "!!!"

Kirihime raises her left hand up as she starts chanting something in an unknown language. I feel pressure coming from her hand as gust of wind appear and soon ice shards begin to form from her hand.

Ice? Kirihime continues to chant as her Aura starts to move progressively slower and almost… Frozen? As if the particles around the air have stopped moving. The ice shards soon leave from her hand and start forming statues of everyone in the Culture Club, including Midori and Kuro, as well as the girls in the Cram School.

(Rin and Yanno): "The hell?!"

For lack of a better word, Yanno and I speak out what's on our minds as confusion show on our face. Another Demon? How many bloody surprise Demons are there in this Culture Club! Who's next? Sora? Chelsea? Sae? Maybe even Amethyst!

About a million different thoughts went through my mind as I start questioning the Culture Club for once. A hub for Demons and Exorcists or for those who are simply able to see the supernatural. Each member has undoubtedly had their own past since this is an anime world but now I question the reason for this club.

(Naneko): "Awesome as always Tsuno!"

(Sora): "Of course! Tsuno has the best abilities than everyone else!"

My thoughts soon get interrupted by everyone's applause as the person herself looks uninterested. It was then that I felt a sudden chill.

(???): 'Hehe, pitiful Humans, even Demons, for being so amazed at something as insignificant as this.'

I suddenly hear a chilly voice of an arrogant sounding lady, I look around to see where it came from but I can't find the source.

(Chelsea): "Haaah, this is one of Natsuno's abilities. Amazing, isn't it?"

Chelsea says before giving an exasperated sigh, she probably thinks I was looking around from confusion of Kirihime. Did nobody else hear that voice?

(Rin): "Yeah, it froze me on the spot."

I say my usual stupid jokes as I quickly questions Yanno whether he heard the voice as well. I gave Yanno a tap on the arm as a signal to let me speak to him.

(Rin): 'Hey, did you hear something just now?

I learnt inside the Pocket Dimension that I'm able to communicate with others as long as they want to speak to me. I'm not sure about humans but it's likely I'm able to communicate with any type of Demon. Unlike communicating with Kuro and Midori, this kind of communication requires consent and has a limited range of 10 meters

(Yanno): 'Hmm? I didn't hear anything.'

(Rin): 'Hmm, I'm probably just hearing things.'

Seeing as Yanno didn't hear anything I make up an excuse just in case I'm being targeted by whoever said those words. I also ask Kuro and Midori the same question but like Yanno, they also reply with the same answer. I wonder if this is Kirihime's doing?

(Midori): "Nee-san, are you also a Demon."

Whilst I'm still thinking about Kirihime's true identity, Midori tilts his head as he asks the question that everyone new wanted to ask. I mean, it's normal to question considering she made the sculptures of almost everyone I know as if it was nothing!

(Sora): "Midori, it's rude to ask a lady about her secret."

Sora says that as all the upperclassmen nod their heads whilst the rest of us are left confused. Seriously, what's with this synchronised secrecy?

(Naneko): "So what's the verdict for this years art contest?"

Naneko turns her body to facing everyone as she says that with her hands on her h.i.p.s. Hmm, looks like they want to get off this topic quickly, but I wonder why?

(Kasamugi): "It'll be a vote, of course!"

And with their stupid level of enthusiasm, all the club members write down all there voted candidates before Kasamugi counted them all up. I voted for Kirihime of course, even though I'm wary of her abilities, I still think it's an amazing artwork.

I guess I can't get serious even if it's something that can potentially kill me, huh.

(Kasamugi): "Ahem, in joint second place, with a total of one votes each, Naneko, Akane and Rin!"

Kasamugi announces second place after hushing everyone up. I'm not surprised that Akane and Naneko got second place, but I'm more surprised that they only got one vote and how the hell did I even get a vote?

(Naneko): "Yay, we got second!"

Naneko says that as she wraps her arms around Akane's neck. Akane gives me a look saying 'Help me' but I smile wryly as I ask Kasamugi a question.

(Rin): "Who voted for me?"

I'm curious because out of everyone, mine is the most boring. I can guess that Naneko and Akane might've voted for each other but who voted for mine? Yanno?

(Kirihime): "It was me."

Before Kasamugi could reply, Kirihime replied in a soft voice as she looks at me in the eyes. Her eyes are unwavering as her grey eyes look deep inside me.

(Kasamugi): "Oh come on, you weren't meant to tell who you voted for! This is an anonymous voting system for crying out loud!"

Kasamugi breaks me out of my thoughts as he shouts at Kirihime for breaking an unspoken rule. Kirihime herself looks unfazed as if breaking the rule didn't have an effect on her and waits for the next person to be announced.

I can still feel the after-effects of Kirihime's stare as more questions build up in my head. Why vote for me when I've done hardly anything? My suspicion of Kirihime increases as more of my questions are left unanswered.

(Sorano): "Tsuno~! How could you do this to me~!"

In a similar fashion like Naneko, Sora comes hugging Kirihime and cries into her shoulder. Kirihime herself reverted back to her expressionless self but had a look of boredom in her eyes.

(Kasamugi): "Ok enough of the waterworks. Let's get back to the show again."

Seeing as his scolding has no effect on Kirihime, Kasamugi carries on with the final results of the art contest.

(Kasamugi): "So second place was Akane, Naneko and Rin. Now first place, with a whopping total of 9 votes, Natsuno Kirihime!"

We all give a round of applause as we all expected the result. The person who spent the least time on their work managed to get first place… I don't know how I feel about that. But I can't complain since that's similar to what I did.

(Kasamugi): "Now, like I said before, the winner of the competition gets to have 2 tickets to the 'Plus Ultra' concert. Kirihime-san, here are the tickets."

Kasamugi reminds us of the concert tickets before handing them to Kirihime. Honestly, I kinda forgot about them, but I never expected Kirihime to be interested in concerts. Guess I can't judge a book by its cover.

(Kirihime): "Here."

While I was distracted by my own thoughts, Kirihime walks over to me and handed me a concert ticket. My brain pauses for a second as I hear the noises from the background, mainly Yanno and Kasamugi making stupid noises of surprise

For me?

(Rin): "Me?"

I stupidly ask the question as I can't process what's happening. Me? Why me? What about Sora?

While I was confused, Kirihime nodded her head as a reply. Seeing as she still had the tickets in her hand, I took one then we stared at each other once again, but this time it's without her piercing gaze instead it's one with intrigue? Why do I have a bad feeling this?

(Kirihime): "Then it's a date."

As if the icing on the cake, Kirihime than says those words which causes everyone to pause for a bit and my brain implodes. A date...

(Yanno): "Congrats man."

Yanno was the first to recover as he wraps his arm over my neck into a headlock. Kirihime has the same expressionless look but her eyes shined brightly from expectation. Seriously, what's with her? I remember a certain light blue hair girl in the corner as I turn my head to look at Sora. She seemed conflicted, happy lonely at the same time.

I feel kinda bad, but I have no clue what's happening right now.

(Kasamugi): "Now that was a surprise. Who would've thought our little Ice Queen would ask someone out."

Does this count as asking someone out? If anything I'm more suspicious than happy about it. Especially after hearing that weird voice...

Oh well, it's just two friends hanging out on a weekend or whatever day the concerts on. Nothing special about that…

Hopefully, I don't regret agreeing to this...

(A/N: Alternative Titles: "Rin's got a date!?!?", "Who is Kirihime?", "Surprise voice?", "What happened in the bathroom with the girls…?", "The mystery of the Culture Club", "Sports with Sora")