Vanilla Smoke (Blue Exorcist)

Chapter 35

Ok, so my excuse this time is that my brother was on the computer all week from dawn till dusk last week, so I couldn't get on to edit and publish chapters... so yeah... Enjoy your late chapters!

Shuku jogged through the forest, flashlight away. She had no need to use it. Her right eye glowed in the dark it's bright purple, iris slitted and Shuku's senses reaching out in every direction for anyone, and anything. Shuku bound over a small barricade of bushes and slowed to a stop on the other side. Her head whipped around at a sudden flash of blue light, from the direction she had just came from, near the opposite side of camp. Rin.

Quickly, Shuku resummoned Hebimaru, and the serpent appeared in a cloud of black smoke, a small amount of lightning coming off of it before disappearing before revealing her 8 foot summons.

"Master Shuku." Hebimaru dipped his head in greeting. "How can I be of use?"

"I need your help locating something. A lantern, though I don't think the obvious kind. It should be somewhere within 100 meters of our location. Do you think you could locate one for me?" Shuku asked Hebimaru.

"Of course M'Lady." And at that Hebimaru dispersed into thunder clouds.

Shuku sighed and walked up to a close tree, and leaned on it before taking out the can of stolen beer and popping it open. The cool, adult beverage ran down her throat and Shuku sighed, the alcohol soothing her nerves better than her vapor pen would. She needed to find a lantern, but the kind unknown. This drill seems like there's no doubt more to it, but what?

Shuku looked up at the moon glowing above her head and pressed her hands together and intertwined her fingers in prayer.

"Great Dragon of the Moon. Please help me know what lies ahead and be able to have the knowledge to do the correct thing." Shuku whispered, then opened her eyes.

"Huh, I found one." A vaguely familiar voice said from behind Shuku. Whipping around at a blinding speed, Shuku slipped out a kunai and slashed blindly. A green head pulled back just narrowly dodging Shuku's knife.

"Wow, you're fast, any closer and I wouldn've been hit." The green eyed demon stated, looking at Shuku with observing eyes.

Shuku growled at Amaimon, deep and inhuman. Her eyes narrowed as she clasped her kunai to her fingers and prepared for a full scale battle. He blinked at cocked his head at her response. He raised his hands and Shuku glared at him.

"I just need to borrow something that you have. Can I please have it?" Amaimon asked.

"Oh yeah, and what is that?" Shuku growled in response, poised to attack, right eye glowing brightly under her messy bangs.

"The rocket used to signal in case you wanted to quit. You probably won't need it anyways, so can I have it? I'll give you some candy as a trade." Amaimon cocked his head to the side like a small child and held out a lollipop in one hand and his palm facing up in the other.

"What are you going to do with the rocket." Shuku had relaxed her stance slightly, but her guard was still up.

"Make some fireworks. Please!" Amaimon looked up at Shuku expectantly, and Shuku slid her hand into her sholder bag, and set the rocket in his open hand, and took the pop in return. He smiled at her and waved before disappearing up into the trees.

Shuku slipped her knife away a few moments later, as clear as it was to make sure Amaimon wasn't coming back. Unwrapping the pop, Shuku sniffed it. Vanilla, vanilla cupcake flavor. Deeming it safe enough, Shuku popped the loli in her mouth. Leaning back up against the tree, Shuku closed her eyes again, and sighed. Something bad was going to happen, soon. She wished she'd just fought Amaimon, but that wasn't something she could've done easily, not without exposing herself or nearly dieing. It was better to just comply... for now.