It was P.E. All of you were on the outside of the track watching Rin race Suguro with a Reaper following after them.

"Okay class, this is not just a footrace, understand?" The professor called out from his perch above. "The goal is to get you conditioned to demons' movements! Try to pin down the Reaper's movements!" That's going well. You sighed lightly, keeping your eyes on Rin.

"Bon's a pretty fast runner, so good for that kid for keeping pace," Shima said. As they rounded the corner, Suguro overtook Rin, forcing the latter to sprint even faster. When Rin passed him, Suguro kicked Rin to the ground, sending him sprawling forward. Suguro stopped, too engrossed in his 'victory'. Meanwhile, the Reaper was right behind him. The Reaper leapt, mouth open.

"HEY!" The professor pulled a lever, and the chain around the Reaper receded, pulling it away. "What do you think you're doing? Are you trying to get yourselves killed?" You rolled your eyes and leaned back on your hands. Idiots. When Suguro and Rin got into another scuffle, you jumped off the edge and landed near Rin. You quickly grabbed him and pulled him away while the professor prattled on. When the both of them were settled, you let go of Rin slowly, but completely ready to grab him again.

"Suguro, would you come with me for a second?" The professor asked, already walking away.

"Yes." He followed after him. Him and Rin glared at each other as he passed by.

"What's up with him?" Rin asked, still aggravated. Shima laughed nervously.

"Sorry about that. Bon is so serious, he can be really inflexible," he explained, "Since he did get into this school with huge ambitions..."

"Ambitions?" Rin repeated.

"Bon wants to defeat Satan--so he's studying to become an exorcist."
Your eyes widened slightly. Defeat Satan? You glanced at Rin, but then kept your expression neutral. Then Shima laughed, completely unaware of yours and Rin's thoughts.

"See? Makes you laugh, huh?"
Doesn't make me laugh, makes me think he's even more of an idiot than before.

"It's true," Konekomaru(?) said, "Bon is so intense because he's determined to restore our temple, which fell into ruin because of the Blue Night."

"Blue Night?" Rin repeated, "What's that?"

"What?! You've never heard of it?" Shima inquired, surprised. "You're one of the rare ones, then..."

"The Blue Night happened 16 years ago," you spoke, "Satan massacred the world's most prominent clergymen."

"Massacred?" Rin repeated, looking at you.

"According to our own priest, on that night 16 years ago... one by one, the exorcists suddenly started bleeding all over, then died, spouting blue flames from their mouths," Konekomaru explained further.

"Blue flames being the symbol of Satan," Shima clarified, "Our priest, who was still in training at the time, huddled in a corner till dawn, since he wasn't able to stand. After that night, our priest finished his training and took over the temple. But people were spooked that so many monks died there on the same day, so they stopped coming, including our parishioners. Next thing you know, people were calling it the Cursed Temple."

"Both Shima and I are apprentice monks at Bon's temple," Konekomaru said, "We followed him to exorcism cram school, hoping it would help restore the temple."

"Bon's got a full plate. You could say he's driven. So try to cut him a little slack, okay?"

"Boy from the Cursed Temple, huh?" Rin said quietly. He turned to look at Suguro who was already looking at him. You lightly bapped him on the head.

"So no starting fights or brawls with him," you scolded, "I'm kinda tired of prying you away from people." Rin just laughed awkwardly, face heating up.

~
You were running with Izumo, easily keeping a steady pace in front of her. Of course, you held back. The Reaper was far behind you. It had a better chance of eating Izumo. When the exercise was over, you walked over to the ladder. As you were about to climb, Izumo patted you on the shoulder.

"Mind if I go up ahead of you?" She asked.

"Yes." You turned and began to climb. She just lightly scoffed and was forced to slowly follow after you. When you got to the top, you stood next to Rin.

"Good job," he said with a smile. You smiled back at him.

"Thanks. You didn't do too bad yourself." You nudged him lightly. "Except the whole, getting into a fight with Suguro."

"DIFGNDIG SHUT UP ABOUT THAT >///<" He yelled, flustered. In the middle of class, a phone went off. You looked around. Who has their ringer on?

"Hello? This is he..."
Your eye twitched when the professor answered his phone. When he hung up, he turned to face you.

"Listen up! The rest of this class will be study hall!"

"Huh..."

"Listen to me! Normally, the Reaper is a docile demon, but he has the annoying habit of reading people's emotions and attacking. Until I get back, you're not to go down to the field, and you're to stay out of the range of the Reaper's chains! Got that? All right, that's it from me!" He then zoomed out of class faster than you thought he could.

"... what the hell just happened." This is all a waste of time and mundane. Well, to be fair, no one knows I know almost everything there is. With a sigh, you kicked at the ground.

"Ambition my foot! You're just spooked, that's all!" You heard Suguro yell. You glanced over and saw him and Rin in another scuffle. You placed your hand on Rin's shoulder to deter him even more from doing anything stupid.

"Say whatever you want," Rin replied coolly. You were almost proud of him.

"Every one of you... why don't you try to fight?!"
You were slightly surprised at Suguro's outburst this time. "Aren't you bitter?!" Everyone just stared at him.

"I'm gonna do it. You just stand there and watch!" Suguro turned and slid down the siding into the field.

"Suguro," you called.

"Hey, don't do it!" Rin followed.

"Bon!"
Suguro strode confidently towards the Reaper. It turned to look at him. He stood right in front of it, looking into its eyes. All of you watched in anticipation. You watched just in case anything happened. Izumo just laughed next to you all.

"Jeez... what is he saying, that's he's gonna defeat Satan? What is he, a child?" Oh shit.
The Reaper snapped, screeching in his face.

"Bon!" Shima called. You ran first, but Rin was faster. Rin landed in front of you, and you landed behind him. The Reaper lunged forward and so did you. It grabbed Rin and your arm in its mouth. You and Rin stared into each of its eyes. Let go. Its irises dilated. Let go! A flick of blue flames appeared in your eyes. Through the kicked up dust, the Reaper slowly let go of you two.

"Are you stupid?" You called, looking back at Suguro. "What were you trying to prove?" He just spluttered out a response.

"Listen up and listen closely!" Rin exclaimed, turning around. "I'm the one who's going to defeat Satan! Stay the hell back!"
You sighed as the two of them got back into it with each other. While they were busy arguing with each other, you looked up at the entrance of the room. You knew that Yukio was there. You also knew that he was following rules. That's why you went with Rin. To protect him. At any cost.

Ja ne!

{Ruby Red}