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Chapter 3; First Day of School

Rin hung off of Séan’s back. He had to suffer through the normal human classes alongside his brother-in-arms. Sure it was stuff they both already knew, but that wasn’t the problem. All of the human teachers absolutely hated him because he fell asleep in each of their classes. Food and drinks were banned in the classrooms. So no energy drinks. No way to trick his brain into staying awake. Even when he was awake, they didn’t like that he would tap his neck and desk.

Séan was by his side through all of it and didn’t let any of the teachers threaten him or Rin. Séan responded to their threats of suspension, detention, or expulsion, by threatening back with lawsuits because they wanted to punish Rin for a documented medical and mental condition. Lawyers would be chomping at the bit to get their hands on that sort of case. 

Rin was being carried toward their exorcist cram classes. Rin was interested in the variety of people in the class as well as the lessons themselves. His father was supposed to be sitting in on the lessons and Yukio was apparently a teacher’s aid. He was curious who the actual teacher was. 

Séan walked along a dirt path to a small outside classroom. Rin was placed on his feet and they both dispelled their human disguises. Rin’s tail swayed behind him and water swirled around it. Séan’s scales shimmered indigo and yellow. Rin’s eyelids were droopy, but he chugged three energy drinks and was hopeful that he wouldn’t sleep through this class. Although, just in case he did, he had his trusty recorder set up and he had Séan’s notes to copy as a backup as well so he wasn’t worried. 

Séan opened the door with as much flair as possible.

Séan - “Heyo! What’s up my new friends! I’m the amazing Séan Burke!”

Rin walked into the classroom right behind him yawning. Séan grabbed his arm and pulled him to the side. A staff with rings on it flew past Rin’s head and embedded in the wall behind them. Rin paid it no mind and let out another yawn and started tapping against his leg while looking through his new set of classmates. 

Three boys sat near the middle of the room, one with blond-brown dual colored hair, one with dyed pink hair, and a small boy with a bald head and classes. Blonde-brown hair boy looked like  a stereotyped punk human with pierced ears and an eyebrow piercing above his left eye. Two girls sat across the classroom, one with short eyebrows and dark purple hair and the other with a brown bob. 

Two rows behind the girls was someone wearing a hoodie covering their face and their attention was glued to a handheld gaming device. At the very back of the classroom, Egyn sat on a solid sheet of water above everyone’s head, watching everyone. He had a look on his face that showed he was displeased, but was holding himself back. 

Rin’s attention kept going back to the boy with dual hair color. He was the most interesting to him appearance wise, but the angry look was directed at both him and Séan for some reason. He seemed to be good friends with the other two boys who sat with him. 

Yukio - “Take a seat over by the windows. Suguro, refrain from attacking your classmates, or you will be sent to the principal's office. Now it’s time for roll. Miwa Konekomaru.”

Konekomaru - “H-here!”

Yukio - “Séan Burke.”

Séan - “Heyo!”

Yukio - “Paku Noriko.”

Paku - “Hi!”

Yukio - “Yamada.”

The sound of an npc dying and the knocking of their psp on their table. 

Yukio - “Suguro Ryuji.”

Suguro - “Here.”

Yukio - “Izumo Kamiki.”

Izumo - “Here.”

Yukio - “Shima Renzo.”

Shima - “Yo!”

Yukio - “Shizoku Va…Var-ni-ous?”

Rin - “It’s pronounced *yawn* Varinius (Va-rin-ni-us). Also, here.”

Rin rubbed his eyes and leaned his head against the window. Rin looked at his ears in his reflection and thought about getting his ears pierced. Maybe a chain going from the tip of his ear to his earlobe?

Yukio - “Thank you. Now I’m your secondary teacher -”

Suguro - “Why the hell are there demons here?!”

Egyn - “Watch your tongue human child.”

Yukio - “Lord Egyn. Mr. Suguro, Sir Pheles is considering allowing Nephilim as students. Mr. Burke and Mr. Shizoku are the first Nephilim students in True Cross’s history. If you have issues with this, then you can leave. And if you try to kill them you will be arrested, am I understood?”

Suguro - “Tch.”

Yukio - “Good. Now, as I said, Mr. Burke and Mr. Shizoku are half demon and half human. Lord Egyn is the head of their home and will supervise classes to prevent either species from harming the other.”

Egyn - “Indeed, so watch your insignificant human words. I may be the most patient and understanding Demon King, but harm my children, and you too, shall be harmed, so to speak.”

Rin - “Stop, you will do no such thing. Act like a civilized adult and stop threatening children. Mr. Okumura, please continue with class…”

Rin's head fell forward. Séan's hand caught his head and lowered Rin's head until it rested on his desk. Séan took out Rin's recorder and started it for the lesson. 

<~>

Rin - “Damn it, I didn’t want to sleep in that class.”

Rin was back on Séan’s back, halfway to their classroom. His tail drooped and would’ve been dragging on the ground if Jellie didn’t hold it up.

Séan - “RiRi, you can’t help it. I took the liberty of taking notes for both of us, as per usual, but when you listen to your recorder…do so with me or your Pa closeby.”

Rin - “What? Why?”

Séan hissed in pain and let go of Rin’s legs to hold his head. Rin quickly got off Séan’s back. Séan sank to the ground, holding both sides of his head. Rin was shaking and punching his left thigh. 

Rin - “Has there been a split in the time flow?”

Séan - “Shit, ow. Yeah. Don’t listen to the recorder by yourself. Hell, listen to it with Yukio, just not by yourself.”

Rin quickly picked him up and cradled him close and started running back to their dorm room. Yukio was already there, scribbling in a black notebook. Rin was able to discern he was annoyed but Yukio didn’t hold his focus for long. 

Rin - “Yukio, clear my bed.”

Yukio jumped but shoved Rin’s suitcase off the bed and helped situate Séan on the bed. 

Yukio - “What happened?”

Rin - “There was a split in the time flow.”

Yukio - “Explain.”

Rin - “Right, sorry. You know how Séan can see the flow of time? Well occasionally the time flow will split, kind’ve like a fork in the road. Séan can see certain times going up to a week, but not certain events, but he can sense the feelings associated with those events. Whenever a time flow split happens, if Séan tried to see either side, the way he described the pain was like his skull was splitting in half.”

Yukio - “Okay, what caused the split?”

Rin - “He said I shouldn’t listen to my recorder alone.”

Yukio - “Oh…”

Rin - “Let me put Séan’s headphones on and I’ll hit play.”

Rin dug through his suitcase and pulled out Séan’s noise canceling headphones and his eyemask. Once Séan was comfortably void of sound and light, Rin set up his recorder and hit play while reading over Séan’s notes. 

<~>

Séan - “Okie dokie, RiRi’s recorder is all set up and recording!”

Suguro - “Why the hell is he sleeping?!”

Egyn - “Rin suffers from narcoleptic-insomnia. Are you going to shout about everything that displeases you, child?”

Shima - “Sorry ‘bout him! Bon, cool it dude.”

Fujimoto - “Hello students I’m Fujimotoo Shiro, Paladin. I'll be your teach- you…”

“You” was spat you with so much venom and hatred, it unnerved Rin.

Egyn - “Good afternoon Fujimoto.” 

Fujimoto - “When Mephisto said demons would be a part of my class, I didn't think he was serious.”

Egyn - “Yes well, Samael strong-armed myself and my children to attend this school. Place your grievances with him.”

Fujimoto - “Children? The child you stole from my monastery?!”

Egyn - “His name is Varinius. Shizoku Varinius. You would do well to remember that.”

Séan - “Alright let's all calm down here, no need for shouting.”

Fujimoto - “Shut it demon!”

Egyn - “Watch your tongue. He has done no wrong and it is looked down upon for scolding the youth for no reason.”

Fujimoto - “Youth?! He's a demon! You don't belong here!”

Mephisto - “That will be quite enough of that, thank you.”

The sound of a magician's poof erupted. 

Mephisto - “Hello students, I'm the principal, Mephisto Pheles, or Samael, The Demon King of Time. Pleasure to meet you all. Now Egyn is graciously allowing the children of his territory to be here. If he continues to allow them to learn here and if they so choose to go against the demon threat, it would be deeply beneficial. If you go against Egyn, be assured I will find out and you will not be appreciative of the aftermath. Now with that being said, Eins Zwei Drei!”

Yukio - “Alright with that concluded -”

<~>

Rin was still. Yukio had to pry his claws from his forearm. Four holes on Rin’s arm were bleeding heavily onto the carpet below. The door slammed open and Rin’s arm was gently taken into Egyn’s hands. 

Egyn - “Rin, do you need to be grounded?”

Rin’s tail thumped on the ground and Egyn allowed himself to be squeezed in his child’s arms. Egyn was squeezed to the point where a normal human would be obliterated. His head was pressed into his father's neck as he tried to calm his breathing. 

Yukio - “Is he okay?”

Egyn - “He will be. Did Rin listen to his recorder by chance?”

Yukio - “Yeah, Séan was adamant that he not listen to it alone. Something about a time split? Is this why?”

Egyn - “Yes, Rin is an incredibly loyal and loving boy. He does not take others belittling his family or shouting from anyone very well. He resorts to digging his nails in his arms or legs or pulling his hair to calm himself down.”

Yukio - “Is Rin autistic?”

Rin’s tail again thumped against the ground, this time curling around Egyn’s waist afterward. 

Egyn - “Yes, although he does not like when people signal him out for it, so he chooses not to tell people. How did you come to this conclusion?”

Yukio - “When I was in grade school, I had a classmate, Suzuki Mai. She had high-functioning-autism and she acted a bit like Rin. We were classmates all the way through junior high when she taught me about the autism spectrum when I asked her about it. I learned about stimming, over and under stimulation, self-soothing, as well as ADHD and ADD. I learned so much about the autism spectrum and other neurological disorders and mental health that it was a basis for my thesis when I started my doctor training when I was an Exwire.”

Rin - “What happened to Suzu?”

Rin had loosened his hold on his father and now sat with his chin on Egyn’s shoulder. His tail sway swishing behind him, much like a curious cat. His pupils were dilated and eyes wide, watching Yukio with rapt attention. 

Yukio - “Sadly she’s no longer with us. I got my temptaint when I tried protecting her from demons. She wasn’t able to survive before the exorcists rescued me.”

Rin - “Do you miss?”

Yukio - “I do, she was…a very dear friend.”

Séan - “As touching and wholesome as this story is, we’ll be heading to the mall soon.”

Séan lay on his stomach, feet swinging behind him, a closed eye smile on his face. 

Rin - “Do you feel better?”

Séan - “Yup, yup, yup! Oh how I loathe time flow splits~”

Séan bounced to his feet and practically threw Rin on his back.

Egyn - “Alright, human disguises, you know the drill. Séan, your return time?”

Séan - “We’ll be back in two hours, thirty-seven minutes, and fifteen seconds. See ya~”

Séan ran out the door immediately after their human glamors were in place. 

<~>

Rin - “Séan.”

Séan - “Yees my beloved brother~”

Rin - “Why are you not walking to the door?”

Séan - “It’s more interesting this way~ Have I ever led you wrong before?”

Rin - “Never.”

Suguro - “What the hell?!”

Séan - “Heya new friends! You doing some shopping too?”

Rin - “Sorry if our presence has ruined your day. I listened to my recorder and I sincerely apologize for my father earlier during class. I hope that we can get past our differences and work together in the future.”

Suguro had a look of befuddlement. He clearly was not expecting Rin to be so diplomatic. 

Shima - “Dude, you're so formal. Guess that tracks with a posh name like Varinius~”

Rin - “Sorry, I don’t know how to be casual with new people like Séan. I’ll start with proper introductions since that was kind of skipped over in class. My name is Shizoku Rin. This is my best friend, Séan Burke. We both hail from the same home in the South.”

Shima - “Nice to meet’cha both. Konekomaru, Shima, and Bon. We came from the same temple in Kyoto.”

Rin - “How’d you pierce your ears, they’re really cool.”

Rin was in front of Bon in an instant. His attention was hyperfocus on his ears with a semi sparkle in his eyes.


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