A few days past and Kiara was now sitting in class, bored out of her mind. Apparently Rin was just as bored as she was if his snoring and sleep murmuring indicated anything.

"If you don't intend to pay attention, you're free to leave any time." The teacher scolded, waking Rin up.

"Ah, yes sir, sorry about that." Rin answered, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly.

The teacher just gave Rin an annoyed look before continuing on with the lesson. "Now then, in the Hebrew scripture these books; Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, etc. are known as the..." his voice trailed off as Kiara got bored of listening to him. It wasn't like she actually needed to listen to this lecture, she knew most of the basics already.

After finding out about demons and exorcists, Kiara had begged Mephisto to let her become an exorcist. While he refused to actually let her start training he did give her books about the basics of becoming an exorcist, giving her a new book each time he visited until she had read everything that he had to give.

"Okumura!" The teacher shouted, snapping Kiara out of her thoughts as she turned her attention to Rin, who had seemed to of fallen asleep once again. Kiara just sighed and turned her attention to the girl sitting next to him.

When Sheimi had walked into the classroom that morning, Kiara had to admit that she was surprised. Not only was the girl walking perfectly fine and proclaiming— albeit with quite a bit of stuttering— that she wanted to be an exorcist and she was going to be their new classmate. She might be shy and timid, but Kiara had to admit she was surprised by Sheimi.

Once again, Kiara was broken out of her thoughts, this time by the bell. With a sigh of relief Kiara gathered her stuff and followed her classmates to her next class. Demonology trailed on just as her previous class, same with the next, Grimoire Lit. It wasn't long until Kiara found herself looking up at Yukio for Demon Pharmaceutics. They had taken a test in the class a while back, and today was the day they were getting their results.

"Alright everyone, I'm going to hand back your quizzes now." Yukio said, holding up a stack of papers. He called for Shima first, who had only missed a few, Sheimi was next, apparently she had used her own names for herbs which resulted in her practically failing the quiz. He continued calling off names, none of the others having interesting scores until Rin.

"Okumura!" Yukio said, he had a ticked off look on his face and was gripping Rin's quiz with a clenched fist. Stretching slightly, she was able to see the score on the piece of paper, a two. How the hell does anyone get a two? Write their name and get everything else wrong? Kiara didn't even want to know what Rin's answers were for him to of gotten a score as low as that.

Rin took his paper and looked at it, an angered look appearing on his face. As he was walking back to his seat, Bon had been called up and walked past, making a snide comment to Rin about his grade.

"What do you know, anyways?" Rin snapped.

Bon didn't answer and instead just walked up and took his quiz from Yukio.

"All your hard work paid off Sugero." Yukio said, handing the quiz to Bon, who showed it to Rin as he walked back to his seat.

"What the hell? Seriously, how can a punk rock reject like you get a 98?" Rin exclaimed.

"What'd you say? Listen looser, I came to this school because I'm serious about becoming an exorcist! And everyone here is studying hard because they want to be exorcists too! You're not serious about it, so drop out already! Get lost!"

"Hey! Who the hell do you think you are telling me to get lost? Believe it or not I'm here because I wanna be an exorcist too!"

"Oh yeah? How?" Bon challenged, stepping closer to Rin and getting in his face. "By studying between your naps."

Kiara whistled and stood up, getting the attention on her as she walked up to the front— her's was the last quiz that needed to be grabbed. "Listen, you're both pretty. Now shut it you two. As entertaining as it would be, I don't want another fight in this class after the first day." She said with annoyance. "Some of us want to learn instead of listening to you two bicker."

"What the hell do you know?" Bon snapped as Kiara walked between them and grabbed her quiz from Yukio.

"Apparently more than you." Kiara said, lifting up her test to show that she had gotten a 99. She looked at the two, tilting her head and narrowing her eyes. "Now, unless you want this to get ugly, you two will have to settle this later."

With that, the bell rang and everyone hurried out of the classroom, partly because they were hungry and ready for lunch, but also because they wanted to get as far away from the three as they could before anything happened. Though one student, the hooded boy who always sat in the back of the room hesitated at the door, his shaded eyes staring straight at Kiara before he stepped out of the room.

Kiara walked back to her desk to grab her stuff, stopping when someone grabbed her collar. She looked behind her to see Bon glaring at her.

"Don't think that you can scare me that easily. The only thing I hate more than a slacker is a smart-ass."

"So you hate yourself then?" Kiara said, pulling her collar out of his grip. "Look, I could care less about what you think of me, Mr. Mohawk, I'm here to become an exorcist and accomplish the goal I've had since I was a little girl. Now, if you'll excuse me I'll see you in Practical Training after lunch."

***

Lunch ended quickly and Practical Training started. Apparently they were going to be running a course followed by Leapers, which were pretty much just giant demon frogs. Izumo and Sheimi had just gone and now everyone was watching Rin and Bon go, though their exercise seemed more like a race.

"Gentlemen! This is not a race, understood!" The teacher, Mr. Tsubaki shouted from his platform in the middle of the room. "The goal of this exercise is to get you used to how the demon moves, anticipate the Leaper's reaction!"

Of course, the two didn't listen and kept running as if it were a race. Kiara had to admit that she was impressed by the two boy's speed, mainly Rin's though. It was practically inhuman. Though Kiara wasn't the only one impressed by his speed.

"Holy crap! Bon's the fastest person I know and that kid's keeping pace like a champ!" Shima exclaimed.

Kiara just continued to watch him. Ever since the first day when they locked eyes, she knew there was something about Rin that just wasn't... human. But she felt that he wasn't just any ol' half demon either. She couldn't place her finger on it, but something about him just seemed off. She watched as the two slowed to a stop as their training was over. They had started to fight on the course and were now scuffling on the ground. They were lucky Mr. Tsubaki pulled the reaper back or else they would of been goners.

Once the boys were pulled apart by Konekomaru, Shima, and Mr. Tsubaki, Bon was pulled to the side and Rin joined the rest of the students.

"The only reason we're here is because of his ambition." Shima stated, looking over at Bon.

"Big ambition?" Rin asked.

"The thing is, Bon wants to be an exorcist because he says he wasn't to defeat Satan." Shima continued, laughing at Rin's visible shock. "Yeah, it's kinda funny, isn't it?"

"What's so funny about it?" Rin asked, getting defensive for seemingly no reason at all.

"It isn't funny." Konekomaru piped up, "The whole thing about Bon and why he's so intense is that he wants to restore his temple. It's all but ruined after the Blue Night."

The Blue Night... Kiara thought. She was just a baby when the infamous Blue Night happened but it was one of the reasons the kids at the orphanage abandoned her. Only one nun who worked at the orphanage had been effected. She was holding Kiara when it happened, lulling her to sleep with a soft lullaby that quickly turned into ear splitting screams. The others in the orphanage had found Kiara laying on the ground sleeping peacefully as the blue flames slowly spread across the room. It didn't take long for the older kids to spread rumors about her and the mysterious phenomenon. Kiara was just a baby and everyone had already started avoiding her.

"-ara, Kiara!" A voice snapped Kiara out of her thoughts and she looked up. Apparently the whole ordeal between Bon and Rin had ended, and it was time for the next group to go, and Mr. Tsubaki was trying to get her attention. "You and Paku will be starting your exercise now."

"Yes, sir." Kiara said, walking to the edge of the platform and sliding down, she stood at the starting spot and watched Paku climb down the ladder. Once both girls were ready Mr. Tsubaki told them to start and released the Leapers once both girls had started running.

Kiara easily pulled ahead of Paku, leaving a good amount of space between her and Paku, and an even larger gap between her and the Leapers.

"Woah! Kiara is fast!" Shima exclaimed. "A total cutie and extremely fit? Damn. She's the whole package— Ow, Bon!"

Kiara just rolled her eyes at Shima, silently thanking Bon for stopping him from continuing. She ran the course like all the others before her, heading up the ladder once she was done and the Leapers were back in their cages. As she was climbing up the ladder, Mr. Tsubaki's phone rung.

"Hello? Tsubaki here. I'm teaching class right now, Honey- what? Right now? I'm on my way my little kitty cat!" He hung up his phone and turned towards the class. "Okay, class! We're taking a break for a bit! Listen up now, most of the time the reaper is a peaceful demon. However, they ca read people's minds and attack when you least expect it. Until i get back you are to stay clear of the Leaper's chains- scratch that. You are not to enter the arena! We clear? Good." He turned tail and ran out of the room, shouting about a kitty cat.

"How professional." Kiara said dryly once she got up the ladder. "Leaving a class unsupervised for a bootycall."

Bon scoffed, "Unbelievable. He calls himself a teacher. True Cross Academy's supposed to be this amazing place where only the highly motivated gather. What BS." He looked at Rin from over his shoulder, "Even the students suck here."

"Seriously guy, would you just drop it already? I got my own reasons being here too, so how do you know I'm not motivated?"

"I could tell by the way you act in class."

"Oh brother, here they go again." Konekomaru muttered.

Kiara just sighed. Sure, she enjoyed chaos, but these two fighting was just getting old.

"Just a spoiled rich kid, gettin' a free ride." Bon muttered angrily.

"C'mon Bon, you're acting immature." Shima said, making an attempt to stop the fight from escalating even further. Though it seemed neither of them were going to back down.

"Please just leave him alone." Konekomaru added

"Shut up, both of you." Bon snapped, "I know what I'm doing. You say you're motivated? Okay, fine. Here's your chance to prove it."

"Oh yeah, how am I gonna prove it?"

Bon turned toward the Reaper that was sitting peacefully in the arena. "With that. If you can touch it, and get back here without getting attacked, you win. When the reaper looks into your eyes, it's gonna try to read what you're thinkin'. Any anger, sadness, and jealousy, whatever it finds, it uses. And if you look away you're dead because it'll pick that moment to attack."

"This has become interesting." Kiara muttered, grabbing a lolliepop out of her skirt pocket and popping it in her mouth after unwrapping it.

"The deal is, if you're serious about becoming an exorcist, you won't loose your cool from a little ol' Leaper. If you make back here in once piece, it'll prove you're not messing around, and I'll leave you alone."

"Wait! Bon-" Shima started.

"And I'll give it a shot too." Bon inturrupted, 'There's no way I could loose. Well? You gonna do it or what?"

"Hm sounds fun. Sure, I'll do it." Rin said.

He's actually going to do it? I feel like I should step in and do something though... but... I want to see what happens. Kiara thought.

"Yeah, like hell I will, you dumbass. You think I'm crazy? What if something happens and I get killed? Besides, if we're talking about ambition, I've got the same as you. I'm not gonna risk my life just so I could prove it to you though."

Bon looked taken aback for a second before he turned towards Konekomaru and Shima, "Did you guys tell him?" He accused, the two of them putting their hands up in defense. Bon grunted angrily before looking back at Rin. "Ambition my ass! You're using that as an excuse to chicken out!"

"Say whatever you want, guy." Rin answered. He was way ore calm than Kiara would of thought. She expected him to of accepted the challenge.

Kiara looked over at Bon, seeing that his face was twisted in rage. Obviously something was going through his head. After a second or two he started muttering. "Why didn't you do anything? Why didn't you fight back? Doesn't it piss you off?" He looked up at Rin, speaking louder now, "I'm gonna do it, stand there and watch me!"

He headed to the edge and slid down into the arena where the Reaper was peacefully sitting. The class was shouting at him to get back, though Kiara remained silent. She kind of wanted to see how everything was going to play out.

Bon made it to the Leaper with ease, though that wasn't the hard part. Getting away was. He paused in front of it and looked it in the eye. "I'm gonna become and exorcist, and defeat Satan!" He proclaimed.

"Jeez. What is he sayin? That he's gonna defeat Satan?" Izumo asked as a look of amusement appeared on her face, "What is he, a child?"

There was a sudden roar from the arena and Kiara watched as the Reaper moved to attack Bon. Though out of the corner of her eye she saw Rin fly through the air and land between Bon and the Leaper. The class screamed in horror as it bit Rin.

"Let go!" Rin shouted, Kiara watched as the Reaper pulled away, sitting on the ground quietly. "What do you think you were doing?" Rin scolded, sounding similar to Yukio, "Are you a moron? Listen up and listen closely! I'm the one who's going to defeat Satan! Stay the hell back!"

Kiara's eyes widened and she jumped down to the arena. While everyone was still distracted with the events that had just occurred one of the cages that was holding another Leaper had broken open and it was heading straight towards Rin and Bon with intent to kill.

Kiara ran past the two and towards the Leaper. When she had gotten to it, it jumped over her head. Though she was fast. Her arm snapped up and she grabbed the back leg of the frog-like beast. Her eyes gleamed and the Leaper looked back at her.

"Stop." She said darkly. Ever since the first day of Cram school, Kiara had trained with Mephisto after class everyday to strengthen and get a better hold on the abilities she had. She learned that her Fear Inducement worked best when she was physically touching whoever, or whatever she wanted to increase the fear in. After some practice it was as easy as pie. She let go of the Reaper as it landed, whimpering slightly.

Bon and Rin's argument had been put to a halt, and they were all staring at Kiara.

"What the hell was that?" Bon asked.

Kiara looked at him, "I simply told the Leaper to stop." She looked at them, seeing that some of them were looking at her skeptically.

"How?" Rin asked.

"Leapers can read your mind. It probably read something that made it stop in it's tracks." She lied with a shrug. Though unaware to her, her eyes glinted a bright gold ever so slightly, as did the rest of the class' but it was gone in the blink of an eye and they all looked at her, no longer skeptical of her. "Look, who cares if you two have the same ambition. It means you'll be able to help each other when you actually try to accomplish your goal." She walked past them and to the base of the ladder, where she paused and looked back at the two. "And when your goal is to defeat Satan himself, you're going to need all the help you can get."