Inuyasha © Rumiko Takahashi
Ao no Exorcist © Kazue Kato

Song of the Chapter: God Thinks by Voltaire, Daughter of Evil by Kagamine Rin, Rotten Girl Grotesque Romance by Hatsune Miku

"[Aside] Then poor Cordelia!
And yet not so; I am sure, my love's
More richer than my tongue."
-Cordelia, King Lear;
Act I, Scene I

Standing out in the hall at the request of their teacher when the vial broke, riling up the hobgoblins—who was the same age as them to their amazement—the rest of the students were shrouded in a tense atmosphere from what had transpired with the twins standing among them, off in their own little world as Kazuo busied himself playing with his sister's hair, braiding it only to take it back out to try and put knots in the thick mane.

Despite the oddity that was the decor of the hallway, the rest of the students were able to fully study the equally as odd siblings that were in their class. Kazuo was the taller of the two, only by what looked to be two and a half centimetres, though, with his black hair held up into a high ponytail that ended at his shoulders. Comparing their faces together, his was easily masculine with feminine undertones while his sister's was all feminine. Onto the sister, her hair fell to the small of her back thickly – in all actuality, both of their hair was thick, fringes falling into their eyes to give them a bit of a coy look.

Both of them looked a tad pale, but that could have just been the lighting.

Shima stood with Konekomaru and Bon, admiring the Kagome's bust, before raising a brow at the two, "That was quite the display the two of you put on."

Kazuo paused and abandoned Kagome's hair as he looped his arms around her shoulder, eliciting a giggle from the female student, "Of course, I'm the only one Kagome will do that with."

Izumo scoffed at the two of them, "Clearly both of you aren't fit to be exorcists."

Two pairs of tanzanite eyes locked onto the girl, "Really? Then your attitude is what'll get you killed right off the bat."

The purple-haired girl gave him a glare after giving an indignant sound, while Kagome tugged on her brother's high ponytail, "Don't be mean."

"Tch." He buried his nose in her hair, "Only stating a real possibility, no need to manhandle me."

"I'm not manhandling you, I'm abusing you."

He tightened his hold on her shoulders, "So cruel!"

"You need to stop pigging out too, you'll wind up fat."

"I am not fat!" Kazuo pulled back to give Kagome a cross look, "Nor am I in any danger of being fat. My metabolism is too fast for that to happen."

"No wonder why you look all skin and bones. We need to slow down your metabolism, then."

"Don't you dare!"

"I do too dare."

Rubbing the back of his head, Shima decided to interrupt the twins's little argument, "Maa.. How'd the two of you get your mashou?"

The two looked at him, before looking up at the ceiling, "Well, we were kids."

'That only tells when you got it, not how..'

Suguru looked at the pink-haired priest, scowl on his face, "Since when do you get off on asking things like that?"

The boy looked over at the pierced male, "It doesn't hurt to have a little conversation."

Suguro furrowed his brow at his friend, 'You just want to try and impress her.'

"We don't mind~"

The priest gave Kagome a smile, "That's good, yes?"

"Mhm." She nodded to her classmate, "I got my mashou from a person that became one of my friends actually. She adorable~"

"She's a cat."

"She's a Cat Sith, thank you very much."

"You befriended a cat?"

Kazuo and Kagome looked over to Izumo who had her arms crossed over chest. The younger twin gave her a curious look, "She lives with us now, but yes. Is it so bad to befriend a cat?"

"Only the strange do as such."

The older twin stuck his tongue out at his female classmate, "You're strange for saying as such."

Kagome gave a small snicker behind one of her hands, easily failing as she turned to conceal it as Izumo gave her a glare. At the sound of the door opening, the students in the hallway turned to look at the younger Okumura twin, "I'm sorry for the wait. Let us continue our lesson in a different classroom."

:-:

"Why did you lie?"

Kagome looked over at Kazuo, "What do you mean?"

"About how you got your mashou."

She looked up at the sky as the two of them meandered in the courtyard of the school, not yet willing to part to the solitary that were their dormitories despite the fact that many other people occupied them as well. She pushed her back against his, forcing him to lean forward, "I just want to see whether or not he tries to talk about liking animals to get my attention while talking to me next time."

"If that's the case, then you should have romanticized it a little more." He pushed back against her, "It might have gotten a few of them going to listen to your storytelling skills."

"True~"

"By the way," Kazuo flipped through the books they needed while Pages, "Did you catch what our teacher said our homework was for tomorrow? I wasn't paying attention."

"Tch, you were trying to get Rin's attention." Kagome shook her head, "It's in one of the books. Just read both halfway and you'll be sure to get the assignment done."

"All right." The older twin paused to look over his shoulder at his sister, "Back onto mashou, when did we receive ours? Well, when did you get yours? I know I got mine when we were young from a scratch by Kirara, not you."

"Not a clue, but it was when we were toddlers. Mom was telling me about how I had what looked like a mosquito bite on my ear." Kagome shrugged, "It's probably from those little black things that I can blow away with my breath."

Kazuo faced away from her, but reached over his shoulder to grab a hold of a lock of her hair, bringing it to lay over his shoulder to play with, "That makes sense."

A few moments passed by the two in silence; however, it didn't last long as the older of the two turned back to look over at his sister, "What are the people like in your dorm?"

She wrinkled her nose, "Some are nice to be around, there are those that stereotypically gossip about this and that, as well as talk about boys or who they want to date. There are some tomboys, one of which is my roommate."

"Really?" He twirled the lock of hair around his finger, "I don't pay attention to my roommate or any of the others that reside in the dormitories."

"Is it because I'm not there~?"

Kazuo sent a smile over his shoulder to his sister, "You know me all too well~"

"Of course I do!" Kagome poked at her lower eyelid, "By the way, do we have some European blood in our background?"

"What makes you say that?"

"Well, we have non-brown eyes."

Kazuo looked up to the sky in thought, "You may be right.."

"What time is it?"

"I don't have a watch."

"Guess."

Grumbling, the brother looked to where the sun was, squinting as the light entered his eyes. Sticking his tongue out of the corner of his mouth, he hummed before replying to his sister, "I have to say about seven."

Kagome sighed, "We probably have to get back to our dorms now."

"I don't want to."

There was a moment of silence between the two as they took their dear sweet time working up the energy needed to stand up and go to their rooms to sleep.

"Are you sure I can't sneak into the girl's dormitory?"

"Idiot!"

"Every religion in the world that has destroyed people is based on love."
-Anton LaVey

This one's not as long as the other two chapters, sorry. However, I am toying with a stupid idea concerning Kagome and Kazuo, but I'm trying my best to work out the kinks in it to make it not incredibly stupid to have to read through. I don't think reading through all the Princes, Generals, Dukes, and all the other positions demons have in Hell is helping the idea any. Criticism, please?