Vanilla Smoke (Blue Exorcist)

Chapter 13

       This chapters a bit shorter than the previous ones, under 2k words, but it'll have to do.   

       Just as everyone, except Shuku, had separated Rin and Ryuji, Yukio and the Magic Circles teacher walked in. Rin fell silent and gave the teacher a glare.

        "Yukio, that guy he's our-" Before Rin could finish, someone appeared out of the ceiling, kicking Rin square in the back, sending him straight into the wall.

       "Win got kicked!" Shuku giggled, and Yukio cast her a WTF look.

       "Mephisto!" Rin exclaimed at the sudden appearance of the director. Hebimaru also slithered down from the ceiling, slithering over to his injured master, who cuddled him.

      "Hola, my young pages and thank you for all your hard work!" He exclaimed.

        "Hoi~!" Shuku responded, the director looked over at Shuku, who was lying on the floor, cuddling her vicious looking familiar, in a pool of her own blood with a big smile.

        "Oh dear." He said, then got back on focus.

       "It's... It's the director." Bon mumbled.

       "What's he doing here?" Shima asked.

        He turned around to face the pages, "You didn't think I'd let an upper-level demon just waltz onto my campus, did you?" He asked, a gleam in his eye along with a sly smile, then snapped his fingers. The room shook a bit and Exorcists hiding in every nook and cranny revealed themselves.

        "Instructors with doctor credentials tend to the wounded and give Shuku something to clear her up." Mephisto ordered and the teacher went into action. They picked up Shuku who then passed out and an unconscious Shiemi. Every one of the students looked tired.

      "You guys were..." Bon started but trailed off.

       "Surprise! This was no ordinary boot camp kids, in fact, you just completed your Exwire authorization exam!" He exclaimed, clapping his hands. Everyone was stunned, but not in a good way.

        "It's rather sneaky, I know. We had a team of instructors hidden throughout the building in places where they could observe your every move. After I have a chance to review their reports I'll be the one to determine who passed and who failed. I'm sure you're as anxious as I did to see how you did." He winked, and everyone deadpanned, except those who were unconscious.

        After that, everyone was moved to the hospital to get checked out on. Shuku and Shiemi the most urgent.

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       "Man, that was the worst pop quiz ever!" Rin sighed, sitting on Shiemi's bed. Bon sat in a chair and Shima and Konekomaru sat on the sleeping Shuku's bed, who slept soundly at the opposite end.

       "They tricked us pretty good." Bon said.

        "I wish I would've known because then I could've prepared for it." Shima mentioned.

      "Oh boy, I wonder if I passed?" Konekomaru worried.

     "Don't torture yourself, there's no use worrying about it now." Ryuji comforted him.

    "You and Shima don't have to worry, b-but me, I was so scared I couldn't move my legs!" He cried.

     "I'm sure you guys are going to be fine, remember what Mr. Okumura told us before the test started, being an Exwire requires cooperation and have to work with their tea during combat. In that sense, no one did worse than me." Izumo said solemnly, clenching her fists tightly.