Just A Lost Memory (Owari No Seraph Fanfic) [Discontinued For A Long Time]

Ch. 3 Make a Contract with a Demon

Time skip to result of test exams (A/N I was too lazy to make Yuu and Shiho meet so I skipped it XD)

《Keiko's pov》

"Ok everyone! Today I'll return your written test exams and call it a day." Sayuri Hanayori, the Army instructor for the classes, said, holing a stack of papers. She started handing each of them to the students. "This result will affect the Cursed Gear rank you'll be receiving so please face your result and make use of it next time." She finished saying once she handed Yuu his paper.

I looked over his shoulder at his paper. When he looked at his results he covered it up. I grinned beneath my mask. I leaned over to Shinoa and told her his results. She grinned as well.

She stood right next to him. When he noticed she was looking, she took his paper away. "No you don't! " She shouted and started running around the room with his results in her hand. Yuu chased her around.

"Oh wow, This is that thing!" She said, making sure everyone heard. "Hey, Stop!" Yuu said, trying to grab the paper from her hand. She started giggling. I had to bite my tongue to hold back my laugher when he banged into the wall.

"This is the score that everyone says only a superhuman can get!" Shinoa had grabbed everyone's attention by then. "Shut up and give it back!" Yuu jumped off a desk. "Oh my, I can't believe it." Shinoa said before he grabbed her arm. She held up her hands, showing no paper.

When they had passed me, Shinoa had asked the paper to me. I kept it behind my back and showed some students behind me. "Woah! What's wrong with him? He seriously got a 0%. You're right that's amazing!" Some of the students said. "All the words are written in haragana."

Then Yu grabbed the paper and stuffed it into his pocket. "You two are so annoying." He said to me and Shinoa. "We wanted to help you since you were struggling to fit in." I said. He stared at me. "Says the one hiding from people behind that mask." I gritted my teeth.

Shiho said, "Is your head full of shit or something?" He asked. "What?!" Yuu glared at him. I looked down at his papers. "100. All of them. That's impressive." I complemented. He smirked at Yuu.

"I'm gonna kill you before I kill the vampires. " Yuu said. "Oh yeah? Bring it on!" Yoichi and Sora came running forward. "Hey, stop it." Yoichi pleaded. Then the door opened. "What's going on? It's always so damn loud in here." Guren said.

"Lieutenant Colonel Guren! You've returned." Sayuri said. "Oh Sayuri. Yeah I'm back. Anyway what's with the ruckus?" Guren turned to Yuu and Shiho,  glaring at each other. "Those two again?" He sighed. Yuu pushed Shiho aside. "Hold up Kimizuki! Baka Guren is here! Hey, Guren, weren't you going to give me a Cursed Gear? How long do I-"

Shiho shoved him. "Stop shouting, idiot. I'll do the talking. Lieutenant Colonel Ichinose, please explain." He asked. "Why did you leave your class for 10 days? I believe we all have the ability to make a contract for the Cursed Gear."

"Oh. You think you shitheads have enough ability to make contracts with demons?" Guren questioned. "Of course I do! Shithead Kimizuki may not but I do!" Yuu shouted. Then Shiho and Yuu started arguing then they punched each other.

"But can they really resist the demon's temptation?" Guren asked Sayuri. She thought for a moment. "Hmm, they are a lot stronger then I was when I was 16." She replied. "What about the other guys?" He asked, looking at Yoichi and Sora. "Suprisingly, Yoichi Saotome by far has the highest stability against demons. Sora follows him in second."

Guren grinned. "I don't like to complicate things so let's give it a shot." He grabbed the hilt of his sword, ready to pull it out. Shinoa and I knew exactly what he was going to so next. "Are you planning on attacking them?" I asked him.

"If you die, blame it on yourself for not training so hard." He unsheathed his Cursed Gear and black flames appeared behind him. He struck his sword into the ground and the entire room turned purple with light. There was haunting screams from his demon as the cracks in the ground, created by the sword, spread everywhere. There were black flames filling the cracks.

I glanced at the students around me. Some of them were covering their ears from the noise. Most of them collapsed from the demon's effect on them. Through all the noise, I was able to hear Yuu say, "What is this?" Shiho was clutching his chest. Yoichi and Sora looked around at everyone, wondering what was going on. I stared at them calmly through the fox mask.

Guren pulled out his sword from the ground and sheathed it. "Alright done." The purple light, the cracks, and the black flames dissappeared. The desks were everywhere and the only ones standing was Guren, Sayuri, Shinoa, me, Yuu, Yoichi, Sora, two other people, and Shiho. However, he was using a desk to keep himself on his feet.

"Those that are still conscious shall continue training. So you should move on to the Contract Ceremony and get your Cursed Gear." Guren said. "You that are still standing get 4 stars. I'll grant you a tryout for the Black Demon series, the rank my sword is in."
The two people collapsed. "Oh so it's Yuu, Kimizuki, Yoichi, and Sora that are standing."

He looked over at Shinoa and me. I moved my mask to the side so only Guren could see my face. We were both smiling like innocent children. "I wish you would pass out." He said to Shinoa. I had failed to make him mad. "Just what I expected from the main family branch of the Japanese Imperial Demon Army. What a turn-off."

Shinoa gave him her puppy face. "What? No way, I'm like super cute." She put her arm around me. "And so is Tsuki." He ignored her then told the others to follow him.

Soon, we were walking down to where the Contract Ceremony takes place. "I know you give out crazy tests but I don't think Yoichi is ready for the Black Demon series." Sayuri admitted.
"Do you have a problem with my decision?" Guren asked her. She winced. "No, but he doesn't have the strength to accept a demon-"

"If he doesn't have the strength he dies. That's the world we live in. This isn't a pretend game." Guren said. I looked at Yoichi. His eyes were wide with panic or fear. "Hey Yoichi." Guren called to him.

We stopped walking. "You want to avenge your sister who was killed by a vampire, right?" Guren asked him. Yoichi was stuttering but Guren continued. "You'll put your life on the line, right? Or are you going to quit?"

Yuu looked at Yoichi. "You should go. This isn't a place where a nice guy like you should be." Shiho agreed. Sora placed his hand on Yoichi's shoulder. "I'll do it because I want more strength." Yoichi said. I smiled. "Ok, then let's get going." Guren continued walking. "We'll move on to the Contract Ceremony."

"Don't get cold feet now." Yuu said on the elevator, punching Yoichi's shoulder. "Don't look so worried. You made your choice, right?" Shiho asked. "How about you? Are you ok, Kimizuki? I saw you standing however you were leaning on the desk. You should be worrying about yourself. You saw it, didn't you Sora?" I said.

"Uuh? Uh um yes." He replied, hesitantly. Shiho looked as if he were going to punch him. "D-Don't pay attention to the small stuff!" He said. "I saw it too." Yuu said. "You seemed to be in a lot of agony."

Then we reached the bottom floor. The doors opened to a circular room covered with drawings of demons. In front of each demon was a weapon. I remember when I had gotten Cursed Gear. I couldn't remember my memories so Shirubā Yuki used my recent memories to get to me. But he failed.

Guren was explaining the procedures to the ceremony but I was busy thinking, I didn't listen. I looked around around the weapons they stood in front of. Yuu was in front of a katana, Shiho was standing next to twin blades connected to each other, Yoichi was ready to get a bow, and Sora was about to grab a chained scythes.

As Yuu was standing in front of the katana, he said something. I was only able to catch a few words. For Mika and... I will kill all vampires. He seemed really determined to kill them. Guren told them to begin.

Then Yuu grabbed the hilt of the katana and unsheathed it. He jumped into the circle and the rest did the same. The Contract Ceremony had begun.