Disclaimer: Anything BE/ANE related isn't mine.

In short, I'm not dead. Blue Flames and Pink Smoke was originally written by WhitB and was officially adopted by me on August 17, 2017.


Yukio, traversing the halls of the academy, walked hurriedly and stared at the ground as he did so. How could he have failed so miserably? Well, he knew how, but how could he have let himself slip so far? He had only skipped a few training sessions. They all added up. Every time he left a lesson early or did something half-assed, it added up.

Yukio turned a corner quickly. If he had paid attention to where he was going, he would have seen a blur of motion running straight at him.

Wham! One moment Yukio was on his feet and the next he was not. Yukio slammed painfully into the ground, his books and glasses going flying.

The person that ran into him muttered something in an unfamiliar language and pulled Yukio to his feet. The stranger said something else in the strange language and handed Yukio his glasses.

Wiping the dirt of his glasses, Yukio responded, "I'm sorry, I don't know what you're saying."

"Japanese?"

"Yes...?" Yukio replied, unsure of himself. Lenses clean, he slipped his glasses back on to his face and the world came back into focus. The boy standing in front of him had medium length bluish-black hair, vibrant blue eyes, and ears that looked a little more pointed than normal. He had a skinny build and was adorned in a student uniform.

"Sorry about that! I'm a little lost. The name is Rin"

"That's alright. Are you a new student or transfer? There aren't any classes being held in this building."

"What makes you think I'm a student?"

"You're wearing a students uniform." Yukio said, stating the obvious.

Rin glanced down. Is this what students wore in Assiah? What did humans study? But most important of all, why was he wearing such drab human clothes?

"I'm going to kill him..." Run muttered under his breath.

"What was that?"

"Nothing." Why won't this human leave him alone?

Faintly, the sound of a dogs claws clicking on the floor reached Rins ears. The smell was unmistakable to Rin, it was Mephisto. When Mephisto was in earshot, Rin replied,

"Uh, yeah. I'm a transfer student at the... Crumb school."

"Cram school," Yukio corrected, "I can show you how to get there, Rin. My name is Yukio by the way."

Rin didn't acknowledge the boy. He just followed behind quietly, letting him lead the way to crumb school. Or was it cramp school?

They walked down a series of hallways and past several sets of doors before stopping in front of a rather large double door. Yukio reached forward to open the door, but the door swung open and clocked him in the face.

The man that opened the door peaked around to see who he had hit, "Sorry about that Yukio! I didn't see you there."

The human ruffled Yukio's hair. When he looked at Rin, he froze. His eyes narrowed slightly as he took in Rins appearance. He gave Rin a strange look before going back to smiling.

"Ah, you must be the transfer student. I'm Shiro Fujimoto. I'll be the one teaching cram school this summer."

"Yes, that'd be me. My name is Rin." Rin reached his hand out to shake Shiro's hand but Shiro didn't reciprocate the gesture.

"Interesting," was all that Shiro said. "Well, where are you from?"

Rin hesitated. Where was he supposed to be from? He could speak dozens of languages but he had to think carefully about Asian geography. "Korea, but I was born here in Japan."

"Which Korea?" Shiro shot back.

"The better one." Rin replied with fake confidence. Shiro clearly didn't trust him for whatever reason so he would have to try to get on his good side.

"Can we go in the classroom?" Yukio asked "Or are we going to waste the period standing here?"

"Of course, of course. Take a seat and we'll jump right into the lesson. Rin, before I forget, have you received your temptaint yet?"

"Temptaint?"

"It's what we call a wound inflicted by a demon, it enables exorcists to be able to see demons." Shiro explained.

"Did you say exorcists?"