Vanilla Smoke (Blue Exorcist)

Chapter 23

After the date with Yukio, Shuku and Yukio had split the bill, which Yukio seemed thankful for, and had gone back to the dorm. Yukio kept glancing at Shuku, it was interesting actually, that her target was her father, though same with Rin, hers was the man that had supposedly raised her. With his memory refresh on that mission with his dad, he remembered the Dragon and the temple, he also remembered how sad Shuku had looked, and he now knew what her words had meant. She was just biding her time until she was strong enough. And she wanted to do it on her own two feet. In a way, it made Shuku even more respectable despite her attitude with the others. She would always be that sad yet strangely stoic girl he had met that day so long ago, somewhere.

Shuku went to bed, and cleaned her makeup off and removed the contacts. She changed into a simple sports bra which she had found in the bottom of her bag and some slack pajama pants then went to sleep. Taking a small puff from her pen, she closed her eyes and her breathing slowed.

She didn't do much on her day off other than sleep in and study a small amount. But when night came around, Shuku was forced to have a serious discussion with Rin, Hebimaru, and Rin's new familiar, Kuro. Kuro was a Catsi, a cat demon, with a split tail, making Kuro really old. Rin didn't want Hebimaru to do to Kuro what he had done with the other cat that had been about.

The two familiars had fought, well... more like Hebimaru decided the Kuro was a snack, then had jolted the cat when the cat had gone supersize and tried to eat Hebimaru. The two didn't want to seem to share territory or prey. Shuku had watched as the two familiars fought, and Rin tried to stop it, getting electrocuted by Hebimaru, which angered Kuro even more. The fight ended with a beaten up snake missing more than a few scales, and a paralyzed cat covered in static electricity. After that, the two made up and all was well.

Everyone had been sent out on missions the next day, being Exwires, that was now a bother they had to deal with. Shuku was assigned as an "emergency backup" on a mission with Polka-brow, Redhead, and Idiot. Then there was the P.E teacher. The mission really hadn't been explained much, but from what Shuku picked up from it, she had a free day at the beach to do jack crap.

Shuku went over what stuff she had. Going to the beach and all, and since everyone knew and there was no bother to hide it anymore, Shuku bought herself some new bras and a bikini, which she was taking with her, but the cost of the new stuff hadn't been cheap, so she was now short on money. Without money, and no income, Shuku was fucked. So then, going to the beach, she had a brilliant idea and went down to the store to buy what she would need to do it. Let's just hope no one stopped her.

~~~~~~Next day at beach~~~~~

Shuku watched an overly enthusiastic Redhead, and just as excited Rin, with Kuro on his head, while Izumo looked bored.

"Summer time! The ocean!" Rin exclaimed.

"The bikinis! Let's hit on chicks!" Shima shouted, and Shuku deadpanned. She wore her bikini under her hoodie, a pair of shorts on instead of jeans, showing off her knee high boots. Her backpack was on her shoulder, heavier than usual, and she rolled around a fair size cooler. Hebimaru said he would stay in the dorm, and to summon him when it cooled off.

"Time to hit the water, Okumura!" Redhead exclaimed, running across the street over close to the place where the sand started. "Come on Izumo, get changed! Swimsuits people Chop chop! Oh man! I LOVE THE OCEAN!" He shouted at the sky.

"Shuku, aren't you hot in all that? I mean, this is the first time I've seen you wear shorts, and your boots are really cool, but I've never seen anyone wear knee high leather boots in the summer." Polka-Brow asked. Shuku just shrugged.