A/N: Let's see here, tragic background, check, has ability which is overpowered, check, Kirito as voice actor, surprisingly not check but two out of three is close enough I guess. Time for another short story where I twist the main character into a dark ruthless monster. The length of each chapter will be determined by what content is in every three episodes, totaling to four chapters until I'm out of material. Think of this as something to read on the side as you watch the Anime.

Also, Benio's familiar isn't in the manga and is damn annoying so I'll be excluding him. I'll also be using content from the Manga rather than the Anime most of the time since it seems like they've altered quite a bit in the third episode. Of course it'll likely just be a mix rather than one or the other. It works out either way since for those who watch Anime only, you'll get to see what you missed in the Manga and the Manga only readers won't feel lost.

As fire burned the blood splattered walls of Hiinatsuki Dorm, Enmadou Rokuro, the sole survivor of the attack stood within the blazing flames of despair and looked upon the bodies of his dead friends.

"Yuto… Hikari… Yuna… Kacchan… Tatsuya… Ami… Tetsuji… I'm sorry…"

He tightened his grip on his limp right arm as he looked towards the bloodied hand of Ami.

"I will become… The greatest exorcist… And take revenge on every single Kegare!"

The world is stained with Kegare, and he shall sin to wipe them out… To have his revenge...

After being brought to his new home, Seika Dorm, Rokuro trained mercilessly, forcing his body to the absolute limit. He only trained in secret and did not allow his strength to ever be found out. He feigned weakness to deceive those around him and refused to go out on missions with them, he knew that if they found out about his strength, he would be forced to be one of the Twin Star Exorcists.

He had read about it while researching ways to gain power, that the strongest exorcist would be Miko, one born between the two strongest exorcists. But that would take too long, even if the child could fight Kegare at the age of ten, he would still have to wait a decade or two before his revenge would be anywhere close to complete.

He would fight them himself, he would cleanse them all on his own, without anyone or anything to hold him back. Despite developing his own techniques to neutralize large groups of Kagare and aerial targets, Rokuro was still unsatisfied, wanting to gain even more power, he seeked out the forbidden exorcism books and adapted the techniques within to fit his own fighting style.

As he stood atop a bridge in the city, watching the waters while deep in thought, he suddenly heard fluttering coming from above him. He looked up and saw a schoolgirl flying down towards the river. Sighing, Rokuro jumped up at an angle and caught the girl before landing at the river bank. He set her down but she stayed unconscious for a good while.

'She seems familiar… Ah right, she looks like Adashino Benio, that prodigy from West Japan said to be the strongest exorcist, what could she be doing here?'

Deciding not to wait any longer, he headed to the river and cupped some water with his hands before splashing it onto her face. She awoke with a start before choking on the water which flowed into her nose.

"Good you're awake."

Benio continued coughing for a few seconds before turning angrily to Rokuro.

"So, how did you end up falling from the sky?"

She remained silent, only taking out a map and pointing to a marked red star.

"Hmm? You want directions?"

She nodded her head at the question while Rokuro pondered his options.

'It seems she wants to head to my home, meaning she might be the real Benio, though that still doesn't explain falling out of the sky. Whatever, I guess I'll just lead her around in circles until she tells me.'

"Sure, not like I got anything to do today anyway."

The girl got up and followed behind Rokuro as he headed up the stairs. After walking around aimlessly for two hours, Rokuro finally heard a sound from the girl, though it was not the sound he expected to. A loud grumble echoed throughout the city as Benio's hungry stomach expressed its discontent. Looking back, Rokuro sighed as he saw her embarrassingly clutch her stomach as if to block the noise.

"You're hungry huh?"

She nodded weakly and pointed to a nearby sweets shop.

"I guess it's partly my fault you got hungry, so here, go buy something to eat."

Benio snatched his wallet with gleaming eyes and returned from the store with a plate full of Ohagi… Along with an empty wallet. Rokuro face palmed at being so stupid as to offer his entire wallet instead of just a note within it.

"Great… Don't you have money of your own?"

She shook her head to say no, to which caused Rokuro to facepalm once again.

"You came into a town without any money and expected to find reliable directions to your destination through strangers? Any sane person would bring enough for a cab or at least a meal…"

Unresponsive, Benio continued to immerse herself in eating Ohagi.

'What have I gotten myself into…'

After she finally finished the food, Benio looked to Rokuro with a pleased look and signalled him to continue on. However, he didn't budge.

"You've had your fill so I want answers, what is the big idea falling from the sky?"

Her face changed then to an annoyed look.

"Conversations annoying…"

"Oh really? Well then I guess you won't be getting these back."

As he said that, Rokuro waved a stack of talismans in front of her. Alarmed, she checked her thigh sheath and found that they indeed had been stolen.

"You, when did you?!"

"Oh, feel like talking now don't you?"

"Grr…"

"Wow, how fierce, I almost got scared there."

She looked on in frustration at the man, pissed at his antics.

"Here catch!"

Benio barely managed to grasp the stack before it hit the ground.

"I don't feel like caring anymore about you falling, just think of that as payback for spending all my money."

She narrowed her eyes at the evil man as he walked on before he turned back and called out to her.

"Oi! You coming or not?"

Sighing, she followed behind him. They continued on, lost, for another ten minutes before two bike riding children rode past them.

"Kohana, are you making sure to stick behind me?"

"Wait! Onii-chan!"

They continued on for a while but shortly heard sinister disturbing laughter, only to see a collapsed bike when they turned their backs. A conclusion was easily reached and Benio pulled out a talisman.

"Mysteriously within this reality, I earnestly seek the great gate of Ookami. Discreetly and with respect, I beseech thee in this manner. Please hear my plea with tranquility and serenity."

'She's the real Benio, as I predicted, no normal exorcist could open a gate to Magano so easily, I better get away before she notices me.'

"Magano gate open!"

The earth and sky turned a crimson shade of red as the two entered Magano.

"Get up! Get up! Onii-chan!"

"Konoha… Run…"

"No… Let's go home together…"

Just as the Kegare leaned in with the intent to devour them, two enchanted swords pierced the side of its face. Jumping to latch onto the swords and using a backflip to gain momentum, the now blank masked girl cut cleanly through the monster while Rokuro watched from the sidelines. A gold star appeared as the beast was exorcised.

'She's not too shabby, though I'm much better of course…'

Just as she approached the two children to treat their injuries and Rokuro was about to leave, multiple Kegares sprung up from the ground and surrounded her.

'Oh? A whole mess of them appeared, let's see what else she has up her sleeves…'

Benio then withdrew four talismans from her stack and threw them into the air in front of her in a cross.

"Might Talisman, Skanda Talisman, Vajra Talisman, Star-Sight Talisman… Exorcist Enchantments!"

She punched the one on her left and kneed the one at the bottom.

"Pulverizing Lion's Strength! Heaven Striding Speed!"

The ones on her right and the top floated to her body, going into her front and face.

"Adamantine Raiment! Calamity Foresight!"

Her body was now covered in bluish enchantment lines, even creating a face on her blank mask.

"Come forth at once!"

Benio then stepped forward and took her dual swords from the ground.

"Shores of Enlightenment Dance!"

She dashed forward and went from enemy to enemy, slicing through them all with ease. Gold star sigils appeared all over them as they were all exorcised at nearly the same time.

'Wow, her speed isn't too bad, I guess her title of the best in West Japan wasn't for show…'

She then approached the two kids and performed a healing mantra with a talisman to heal the boy's injuries. Just as she was about to get the kids out of magano, a earth shaking rumble was heard. She grabbed the children and jumped away, barely avoiding the monster which rose out from below them. The little girl screamed and Benio tried to calm her down.

"Go and find a place to hide with your brother, I'll deal with this monster."

From the sidelines, Rokuro quietly whistled to himself at the sight of it.

'Wow, I remember when those used to give me a hard time, I wonder if she can handle it…'

Benio lept onto its limbs and towards its head but before she could land a hit, she was swiftly swatted away by one of its arms, falling to her knees after the impact.

'This thing is strong, I don't think I can take many of those hits, I need to finish this off quickly!'

She checked her sheath and saw that she only had one talisman left which she had to save for leaving Magano.

'It's humongous and stronger than anything else I've ever fought before but I need to defeat it, if I run now, I'm running away from my dream of a world where no one is hurt by Kegare.'

After checking to make sure the kids were safe, she steeled herself and launched an attack at its neck. As she fell back, she saw through the cleared dust cloud that it was barely affected by her strike despite the hole she pierced.

'This Kegare may look like a blob of jelly but he is actually really solid. In that case…'

Landing safely and narrowly dodging the counterattack from the Kegare, she prepared another attack.

"Ephemeral Lotus Dance!"

Thousands of impacts hit the monster at once, practically immobilizing it. When she got into position to attack one of its limbs, she put more force into her strike, at the cost of damaging herself. Her mask cracked as she severed an arm and a corner broke off as she cut off a leg. She continued her onslaught but as she went to for the other arm, the creature had learned her pattern and threw a punch towards her.

She luckily saw it wind up so managed to block some of the damage with her swords but was thrown back regardless. Her mask however, did not survive. Her enchantments also could not hold and faded. She breathed heavily and looked up as the beast approached her. It roared once more as it readied itself to devour her.

'To think I would perish in a place like this…'

Rokuro looked on from his hiding spot in disappointment.

'I guess that was the most I could expect from her.'

He stood up and stretched a little.

'Better go and save her, wouldn't do for her to die because of me.'

With a great leap, Rokuro landed in between her and the Kegare.

"You… How?"

"I thought you'd be stronger than this, quite a disappointment for one someone which is considered to be one of Japan's best exorcists, Adashino Benio."

"Huh? How do you know who I am?

"You should just stick to eating Ohagi, let me show you how it's done."

At this point the Kegare's patience ran out and it smashed the ground in rage. Rokuro responded by pulling out a black talisman.

'A black talisman? And it's blank as well…"

"Eradicate… Consume... Eradicate and Consume! Appear before me!"

Red markings appeared on his right arm which then rose like a folding piece of paper before dissipating into the air and reappearing on the black talisman. Taking a stance and punching towards the ground, a black gauntlet with red veins in the pattern of what was on the talisman manifested onto his arm.

"What is with that arm…"

The Kegare made scared groans as it stared at the gauntlet.

"Come! I'll erase every single Kegare from existence!"

As if able to sense its coming demise, the creature backed away in fear. But Rokuro gave no mercy, he lunged forward with his fist outstretched, punching cleanly through the beast's entire body. Unlike normal, a red star sigil appeared as the Kegare was vanquished, imploding on itself and becoming a concentrated floating black ball of energy instead. Rokuro swiped the ball from its invisible pedestal as he walked over to the exhausted Benio.

"Such power…"

"This power, is nothing more than the means to an end…"

He released his gauntlet and jumped away.

"I'll leave the kids to you, see you around, Ohagi Onna!"

[A/N: Onna means woman, but this seemed to fit more than the English due to the double 'O' so I used it instead. Also for any curious souls, Ohagi is just another type of rice ball.]

After escaping Magano with the siblings, Benio asked them for directions to her destination which she then followed to what appeared to be a traditional japanese manor. She was given a warm welcome and felt happy enough to forget about her previous encounter. That is, until she entered the dining room and saw him there.

"Yo!"

"You two know each other?"

"Yea, I ran into her on the way back from town."

"Oh, that makes things easier then, I'll get the servants to bring her belongings to her room while you can socialize a bit more."

Ryougo then butted in as Benio stared at Rokuro in rage.

"Isn't that good Rokuro! You'll finally have a rival!"

"Keh, I just hope she's worth my time…"

Ryougo was speechless at Rokuro's attitude at the moment, it was almost as if he was a different person. He sounded, arrogant… Unfortunately, he didn't get a chance to question him on it further as Rokuro finished up his meal and headed into his room. Benio was consoled regarding Rokuro's cold welcome and had her every need as a guest catered to.

It wasn't until the next day that she decided to confront Rokuro. She knocked multiple times but he had failed to answer the door and so she opened it of her own accord. Unexpectedly, she did not find him sleeping in bed but rather lying in wait for her expectantly. He was certainly making himself comfortable.

"You really have no courtesy do you? Barging into someone's room at five in the morning."

"I knocked."

"And I never said you could enter."

She stayed silent at that, knowing that was true.

"But I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that silence meant consent."

He then sat upright to properly address her.

"So? What do you want?"

"Let's go to Magano, right now."

"Oh? Are you perhaps feeling inferior after my display of power and wish for a rematch of some sort?"

Silence followed his spot on taunt.

"I hit the nail on the head didn't I?"

"Yes…"

"Unfortunately, I stand to gain nothing from this petty competition of yours. Tell me, why should I even consider your challenge?"

"Do it or I'll tell everyone about your power."

"Oh?"

"I've asked around, the only one who believes you're still powerful is Ryougo, the others say they've never seen you fight before and accuse you of being a coward."

At this, Rokuro got up and put the back of his palm to his forehead while closing his eyes and gasping in spurious shock.

"Unbelievable, that the bravest, noblest and strongest exorcist of West Japan would stoop so low as to turn to blackmail!"

Benio got visibly frustrated at this and approached Rokuro.

"It's just a friendly contest…"

He leaned back and crossed his arms.

"Oh really? Then I'm sure as a gesture of goodwill you would be more than willing to postpone this match to a later timing right?"

Benio narrowed her eyes.

"I'm really tired from yesterday you see, I forgot to do my warm ups and stretches so I sprained my neck a little, a minor thing honestly but it will affect my ability to fight, then even on the off chance that you did beat me, I could claim it was due to my injury. I sure that you can afford to allow me to recover before we have our match right?"

"Fine…"

"Excellent, let's have it this afternoon then, now get out, I still need to sleep some more, go exorcise a Kegare or something."

"Oi! Benio! There's a Kegare, wake up!"

"See? Perfect timing."

Benio left without another word and met up with Ryougo to fight the Kegare, only to slice through it easily without a challenge. However, she wasn't satisfied, the monster she defeated was no where close to what Rokuro had fought.

Later that day, a commotion could be heard downstairs at the gate, it seemed an important guest had arrived. Rokuro drew his curtains and looked out, only to see a man who was completely naked save for a pair of purple undergarments.

'Tsuchimikado Arima? I had heard he had his quirks but this is taking it too far… Besides, what is the supreme commander and leader of the exorcists doing here? Well whatever, I'm sure it just concerns that Benio girl.'

Rokuro then laid back down on his bed and closed the curtains before closing his eyes to rest a little. Sadly for him, a troublesome thought just permeated his mind as his sight went dark.

'Wait! What if he's here regarding the Twin Star Exorcists?! It would make sense considering West Japan's strongest suddenly got reassigned to where I, undoubtedly East Japan's strongest, resided… Well, I suppose my secret's gonna be revealed, it was bound to happen so I might as well show it off. Then again, I might get lucky and have Ryougo get chosen to marry her instead. Wouldn't that be something?'

As fate would have it, they were soon lead into the five mirror chamber where all the high ranking exorcists waited and wondered why they were summoned. Many immediately went and greeted Benio once she was within sight. Just as she was about to be overwhelmed by the amount of people crowding around her, their attention was drawn to Arima who stood at the platform above them.

"Thank you all for coming today! I, Chief Exorcist Tsuchimikado Arima, am delighted to be able to share with all of you a fabulous piece of news today! I recently received a prophecy from the gods! It says that the child of the gods, the strongest exorcist, Miko, will be among us soon!"

Murmurs went around as people anticipated who could possibly get the title of Miko.

"Adashino Benio! Please step forwards!"

Benio headed up to the stage with a blank look on her face, unsure what to feel.

"Enmadou Rokuro! Please step forwards as well!"

'Oh? Guess I'm out of luck this time…'

"These two, are Japan's two strongest exorcists from the East, and from the West."

More whispering circulated at the mention of someone who was supposedly a no name being on par with Benio.

"Now, it's time for the main event! These two prodigious exorcists are going to show off their skills. You will both fight against each other at full strength…"

"You sure about that Arima? What if she gets injured?"

Even more gossip erupted at his casual addressing of the Chief Exorcist but Arima paid them no mind.

"Don't worry about it, just fight with your full strength."

"No."

"No?"

"If I did, she would most likely end up dead, and we can't have that can we?"

Rokuro then took out a black talisman and activated it, red patterns appearing and folding above his arm once more. Just like before, it dissipated into the air and appeared on the dark charm.

"Eradicate… Consume... Eradicate and Consume! Appear before me!"

The charm glowed blood red as the gauntlet from before encased his arm. Rokuro then turned to her and smirked.

"For her, just this arm is enough."

Jeers exploded from the audience for underestimating their Benio-sama while some curious exorcists questioned the strange gauntlet.

"Oi, do you want that rematch or not? Hurry up and equip your enchantments."

They both got in their halves of the arena and Rokuro stood ready with an arm behind his back. Benio made the first move and used an enchantment to coat her blades in fire.

"Ashen Immolation!"

But Rokuro easily repelled it, a simple tight punch being more than enough to throw her back into a pillar, completely collapsing it.

"Unbelievable! He easily fought back!"

"Come on, he said to fight with everything you had, or are you doing this on purpose?"

"Grr!"

"Heh, try and dodge this!"

Rokuro threw fragments of the same material as his gauntlet into the air, each with glowing scarlet sigils that fired laser like projectiles at Benio.

"Void Rending Dark Barrage!"

Unable to outrun them, Benio could only block with her blades, reducing some of the damage inflicted onto her. However, she was still pushed back from the impacts and collided into the pillar debris she made earlier. Losing balance, she was left defenseless against the barrage of lasers attacking her. The barrage soon stopped and she looked up hoping to see an exhausted Rokuro. To her dismay, what met her was a smirking Rokuro with that same cocky look she saw before.

"What's wrong? I thought you were supposed to be Japan's second strongest exorcist?"

In anger at being taunted, Benio unleashed her potential and moved at speed no normal human would be able to comprehend. She collided multiple times into Rokuro and the West Japan exorcists cheered at her gaining the upper hand. However, only her and Arima were able to see that her hits barely affected Rokuro, it was as if he had enchantments on his skin which protected him.

Deciding to go in with a strong attack since her light and fast ones weren't having much effect, she charged at Rokuro from above. Howbeit, Rokuro saw through her ploy and right at the point of no return for her, he made his move. With a punch faster than usual, he aimed straight at her and without any chance of a successful dodge at this point, Benio put even more power into her strike in an attempt to have an all out power struggle.

Just as the two weapons were about to collide, Arima pulled out a talisman and activated it.

"That's enough!"

Most would expect the nullifying talisman to end with both of them ending up powerless but Rokuro had other ideas. Reducing the talisman's effect on himself using one of his techniques, he watched as a defenseless Benio fell easily into his strike zone and with a weakened fist, he smashed it into one of her blades, shattering it into pieces as if the hard metal were actually just glass.

Pushed by the force of the attack, she fell to the side as a victorious Rokuro stood in the middle of the arena. There was initially silence, not even the ones from Seika dorm cheered his victory due to just how jawdroppingly stunning the display was. Even the Chief Exorcist was dumbfounded, not at Rokuro winning, but at the fact that he had resisted the effect of the talisman. Luckily, Benio wasn't too hurt and stood up a few moments later.

"As you can see, these two are tremendously powerful! Surely no one has any objection to the two of them being the Twin Star Exorcists do you?"

It seemed Arima had recovered from his shock and was going to force Rokuro into what he had expected.

"I do!"

The elders which knew of the prophecy cried outrage at Rokuro's refusal, jeering him of not being a true exorcist since he had never shown his power before and did not wish to bring forth Miko which would eradicate all Kegare. In retaliation, a dark aura swept over the room.

"Listen here you old bags, I refuse to become your little breeding stud, I'm sure I'm stronger than most of you here combined so why don't you just shut it!?"

There was a short silence but just as it was about to be broken by a second wave of jeers over being disrespectful, the dark aura intensified and shut them up. The only one seemingly unaffected was Arima who walked next to Rokuro and attempted to cut him a deal.

"Alright, I get it, you don't want to marry her, though I question how you knew of the Twin Star Exorcists, I'll cut you some slack. Here's how it's gonna go, she'll continue to live with you at the Seika dorm, as if she were a guest. If you end up falling for her then I win and you make Miko, but if you manage to not be affected by her for the rest of your life, then I lose and you are free!"

"Isn't that deal completely against me?"

"True, but don't you have the absolute confidence that you won't fall for her and have no intention of having a child with her?"

"Keh, fine then, she'll make a good maid while she's there then."

The person who had been silent until now finally spoke up at that remark and unleashed her rage.

"I am not some bride! I didn't become an exorcist to play house, I have a right to make a choice in this as well!"

Arima was quiet for a moment while he tried to think of a solution but Rokuro acted first and walked up to her.

"Oh sure you do, you can choose how long you want to live, since if you just kill yourself, I'll win earlier."

A dagger flew at Rokuro's face but he easily ducked it.

"Hey hey, that's dangerous, you could have hurt me, hehehe."

Sensing another fight was about to start, Arima pulled the two away and held an executive meeting to decide the next course of action. The conclusion reached was that despite the two's initial incompatibility, they would be put together at Seika in hopes of time helping them to get to know each other better and become friends at least.

Going back to school and around home, Rokuro acted like his usual self, the other members of the Seika dorm didn't question it, afraid of his dark personality. Only Ryougo bothered to confront Rokuro about it since he knew the kid back in Hiinatsuki but not even him could get anything out of Rokuro.

The next day, Benio, unwillingly attended school with Rokuro, having been put in the same class as him due to influence from Arima. She didn't stay the whole day however, as she didn't report back to class after lunch. Curious, Rokuro looked out the window and indeed saw her on her way to the disturbance he sensed. It seemed that it had intensified and Ryougo and the others were in trouble.

'I'm sure she'll be able to handle that much, it's not like another one of those will show up right? Even if it did, she should be cautious enough now to hold them off on her own.'

Benio raced towards the abandoned old mansion where she sensed the strong Kegare presence and found Atsushi and Shinnosuke injured outside it's doorstep, slowly limping out the courtyard.

"What happened, where's Ryougo?!"

"No idea, something really strong attacked us and Ryougo held it off to give us a chance to escape. We searched the house for him after healing ourselves enough but he seems to have disappeared…"

'He must have been dragged into Magano then…'

"Go home and rest, I'll bring Ryougo back."

They nodded silently and trudged back, entrusting their comrade to the stronger exorcist while they returned home to inform the old man. Benio used the charm and entered into Magano, searching the area for Ryougo. He fought as hard as he could but even he couldn't hold off such a strong opponent for long, he was unconscious by the time Benio located him and about to be consumed by the Kegare.

With her enchantments equipped, she slashed at the tendril coiled around his foot at high speed and caught him before setting him down gently behind her while she moved to engage the Kegare. Opening with a starting strike to the middle in order to test its resilience, she pierced it's exterior relatively well, showing it was strong, but not stronger than the one Rokuro exorcised.

'I should be able to handle it if I push myself…'

Readying herself, she lunged towards it in an attempt to strike at its left face. The strike was about to connect but a strike from one of its surprisingly quick finger tentacles struck her back before she could arrive at her target. The tentacle was severed in the process but she didn't come out unscathed.

Wiping the blood from her lip, she recovered just in time to hear a horrifying cry as a minor Kegare watching from the sidelines like a vulture, jumped over to the defenseless Ryougo, intent on feeding on him. Benio slashed at it with her sword, a gold star sigil appearing over it as it was exorcised.

'So I have to defend Ryougo in this situation as well huh? I can't send him out of Magano by himself first either, he'd just get dragged back in in his current state.'

Benio looked around and found that she had been surrounded. At the front was the large two headed Kegare and in every direction were hordes of minors which wanted a part of the prize.

Benio was forced to fight defensively, checking on Ryougo every so often and limiting herself to only short and quick attacks so as not to create an opening for the other Kegare to go for him. This went on for some time and she was slowly exhausted at having to switch between defense and offense while making sure that she didn't get put in a position where defending the injured Ryougo would be impossible. Finding a brief respite in the onslaught, she took a deep breath and prepared to strike back.

"Shores of Enlightenment Dance!"

Finally managing to thin the herd in an array of gold star sigils, she sighed in relief and allowed herself to relax a tiny bit. Yet, fate did not smile down on her that day and, like before, Kegare sprung up from the ground, replacing those she had just exorcised.

'There's no end to them! My enchantments are wearing off too, is this truly where I will meet my end?!'

Just as the situation seemed to be at its worst, a glimmer of hope, or rather a harbinger of despair, appeared. Rokuro landed ahead of Benio, his gauntlet primed and turned back.

"So this is the extent of your abilities in a tough situation huh? Disappointing…"

With great strength, Rokuro reared back his fist and smashed into the ground, sending fissures towards the dual headed Kegare, a huge spike appearing at its feet and impaling it, effectively ending its reign of terror then and there. A red star sigil appeared over it as it was exorcised, a black orb all that remained of it. The weaker Kegare all ran once Rokuro appeared, cowering once a strong enemy appeared, knowing that to attack in this situation would be suicidal at best.

With the enemies taken care of and the orb collected, he then turned to her and sighed.

"I had wished that the incident at the riverside and the duel were flukes but you are indeed not even a fraction as powerful as I would have expected… I even went through the trouble of intercepting the other two and telling them I would go to help you, unfortunately, after your pitiful display, I gave up hope, you are not worth my time…"

Benio could only gape again at the power of Rokuro but easily got ahold of herself.

"As if you could know what I've been through!"

"You lost your parents, congratulations. I never knew my parents, the only ones I knew as family were my dorm mates and they were all killed by the Kegare… I'm sure you've heard of it, the Hiinatsuki Tragedy… If you claim your loss is greater than mine, then why don't your abilities match your claims?!"

"I never-"

"Exorcise all the Kegare? Give me a break, you can't even exorcise Kegare of this level! Forget about avenging your parents, the one who did them in is probably leagues above you!"

Benio was without words, she did not have a counter to his argument.

"I'm going to take Ryougo back home, try and manage to seal the Magano gate at least, an exorcist of your level should be able to handle that much…"

A/N: Wow this was much longer than I expected. As you can tell, nothing major is changed yet, just Rokuro's attitude, but something more significant should change at some point. If you enjoyed this, feel free to check out my story for Danmachi, God, Demons and Fallen Angels, or my story for Absolute Duo, Absolute Carnage.

If anyone feels like I've turned Rokuro into the bad guy, don't worry I have realized that, his arrogance is, however, not unjustified by his strength. I just wonder how evil of a person I will end up twisting him into by the end… Also, updates will be some time during or before the weekends of the week Episodes six, nine and twelve, depending on the contents of the three Episodes.

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