Sweet Like Candy

Amaimon, King of Exposing People

Rin caught Shiemi by the wrist just before she left the circle. "Hey, what's up with you?!" Rin turned the girl around forcefully and noticed her blank expression. "Shiemi?" She called cautiously.

"Ta da!" Amaimon dropped from the trees right outside the magic circle, riding some kind of goblin.

"Ugh, it's you again!" Rin groaned. Not the best way to react to a Demon King, but this asshole had beat her mercilessly into the ground the last time she'd seen him and she wasn't looking forward to more injuries like that. And her replacement uniform had been expensive, too!

Behind her, she vaguely noted her friends shifting where they sat to stand and come closer to her and the Demon King.

"What do you want, creep?" She demanded. Amaimon cocked his head to the side, like a curious puppy.

"What do I want?" He repeated. His luminescent gold eyes flashed when they locked with hers. "You."

Rin grit her teeth, letting a growl slip loose. She heard a shouted "wHAT?!" from Suguro behind her and put a hand out to stop him.
Suguro halted in his tracks.

"This is between me and him. Don't be stupid." She told him seriously, making sure to catch his eyes before she shoved Shiemi back to him. "Hold onto her and have Yukio look at her whenever he gets back." She ordered, walking out of the circle.

"How charming, you came all on your own. I didn't need to use that girl as bait after all." Amaimon commented. "I was going to goad you until you cooperated. I figured making her my bride would make you angry enough to let loose."

"Okay, that's just messed up, man." Rin cringed.

"Oh? Did you want to be my bride? Sorry, but I don't think your father would approve of me as your husband."

"What the fuck are you on about, you nutjob?! Just take me somewhere else so I can pound you into the ground!" Rin demanded.

Amaimon purred. "Agressive–I like it. Maybe you would be a good wife after all. Possibly even worth fighting the other Demon Kings for...." He jumped down from his goblin mount and wrapped an arm around her, picking her up and jumping away faster than Shura could stop him and dodging Rin's fist flying at his face. 

Shura pulled her sword and met the goblin Amaimon left behind outside of the barrier, sword-on-claws. "Damnit, it's Behemoth!" She left the circle to engage in combat without the students in the way.

"You say that, but you're the one being stupid going off on your own again!" Suguro growled after Rin, bolting into the forest without a second thought.

"Wait, don't–Son of a bitch, these goddamned kids!" Shura shrieked as the rest of the class except for Kamiki, who was holding Shiemi in place, ran back into the forest while she held off Behemoth.

Shura retreated back into the circle to take care of the poor blonde. She looked at the back of Shiemi's neck and just as expected, there was a mass under her skin wriggling around. Shura grimaced and used the tip of her pocket knife to carefully cut the skin. The larva popped out and Shura snatched it up before it could retreat back into the girl's neck. She crushed the bug in her hand and wiped the remains on her shorts uncaringly.

"Kamiki, you and Moriyama will come with me to pull the boys back from whatever is happening with Amaimon and Okumura. Got it?" She demanded. Kamiki nodded and Shiemi woke up with a little jostling. Shura once again engaged Behemoth in combat to let the girls pass them by. Hopefully they could make it in time.

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Amaimon landed on a protruding rock that reminded Rin of the rock from The Lion King, far away from the camp.