Hey Minna~!
Well here's the last chapter which was supposed to be the end of the first chapter, but I got tired – seriously, I started to see words when I closed my eyes.
I was thinking of making a series of this story – for example each chapter would be daily life and the weirdness of trying to prove that Father Shion has a dark secret. But I'll leave that up to you guys, in your reviews comment whether you'd like that or not.
Anyway, enjoy~
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We gathered up in the dining hall to have dinner at seven o'clock as always. I sat alone at the table in the far back of the hall, after the first month of being here I've learnt to block out all the laughter and voices that sourced from those simple-minded girls. My treasured book laid beside me as always; it was as if I had to have the book with me at all times, maybe it was fear that someone else would pick it up and give it to the Priests? They would eventually discover what it was and would burn it no doubt.

I placed the knife and fork down on the empty, porcelain white plate and picked it up with one hand, the other grabbing my book and held it between my arm and my waist closely. I walked over to the trays which were there for the dirty plates and silverware. I carefully laid the plate in its destined tray and took the knife and fork and placed them in theirs.
I turned on my heel swiftly and walked out the door and was greeted by the mystic black cat which stepped from the bushes. I smiled slightly. "Let's go Mephy."

I walked to the dorm buildings near the end of the west side of the complex. I found a shortcut through Angel's Paradise was quicker than the path and it meant I could avoid annoying girls who try hopelessly to strike up a conversation with me. It's all because of that blonde "Angel" as the Nun's refer him as; Father Shion asked the girls to converse with me because he believes my actions are just from loneliness. It's no loneliness, it's because they're all boring and plain like a stick.
I made my way out of the garden, followed by yellow-eyed cat. We came to the Church and something moving caught my eye; quickly I ran back and hid in the bushes with Mephy, watching the east side of the Church. That when Father Shion emerged from the back of the Church, turning and walking down the side. In his hands was a set of keys which were pretty old looking.

I tried to get a closer look though while crawling along the ground my kneecap snapped a twig and its echo seemed louder due to the deadness of the night. The blonde froze and looked over to the bushes; I sat down, trying to stay out of view.

"Hello?" He called out and I heard his footsteps becoming louder as he walked closer. "Is someone there?" I tried to even my breathing but my heart kept racing. I was still supposed to be in the dining hall as we were not dismissed. He would definitely question why I was here if he found me.

"Meow." Slowly I turned my head and notice that Mephy walked out of the bushes. I faintly heard Shion sigh in relief.

"Ah only a stray." I heard him say gently. "You had me worried there for a second. Are you hungry? I'll feed you something then, though wait here; Father Kurosawa doesn't like me feeding the animals inside the Church-" He stopped and let out chuckle. "Look at me, talking to a cat. If someone were to see me…" He walked to Church. I sat up and watched him as he unlocked the door and went inside. Mephy looked up at me and I could tell he was smiling. Quickly I got out from the bushes and ran to the dorm building.

I leaned against the door and let out a sigh. "It's been ten minutes, how long does it take him to eat?" I thought. I was in the hallway, leaning against the door of mine and Nanobana's room, waiting for that Demon to return.
When he finally did he had a look of disgust on his face. I simply looked at him and opened the door, walking inside with him following behind. I shut my door and Mephy regained his normal, human-like form with the addition of pointy ears. "What's with that face Mephy?" I asked as I sat down on my bed.

"What he fed me was awful! Dead fish! In a can!" He started to wash his tongue with a glass of water I usually have besides my bed on the table. I let out a small, deep chuckle and looked at him amusingly.

"I believe that's canned Tuna, I can smell it on your breath."

"I son't sare vhat ish is!" His mouth was filled with water, he rinsed his mouth and spat it out into the vase of flowers that Nanobana had resting on her table. He wiped his lips and continued. "It was absolutely disgusting – Human souls have a much better taste." He smiled to himself, obviously trying to remember the taste he longed for.

"Oh my, how lovely." I said sarcastically and looked up at the ceiling. "Hey Mephy, let's do something fun tonight."

"What do you suggest, Mistress?" He walked over and sat down on the floor in front of my legs. I looked down at him and smirked.

"Well, I wonder what Father Shion was doing behind the Church at night, hmm? The only thing back there is the symbol of the Church; the "Forbidden Tower"." Mephy's smile turned into a smirk as well, his eyes were playfully with excitement.

"Oh yes, that does seem interesting. He did say that he feeds the cats in the Church, maybe that's why they're disappearing?"

"Oh!" I clapped my hands together excitingly. "That didn't cross my mind, now we must absolutely look into this."

It was late, nearly two thirty in the morning to be exact. The moon shone brightly up in the starry sky of midnight blue. Mephy and I stood in front of the Church. The tower, which is the symbol of the Church is located at the back. There is no entrance from the outside, and it's called the "Forbidden Tower".
I walked into the Church, the blonde idiot forgot to relock it after feeding Mephy. I guess luck was in our favour tonight. We looked around for a few minutes, searching each nook and cranny of the place to find a secret door of sorts. That's when I came to the alter, I gently pushed the red tapestry that hang over it to the side and there it was; a small door with a chain and padlock around it. It seemed big enough to get if someone crawled.

"Here it is," I exclaimed happily. "I didn't expect it to be behind the alter, though as they say 'it's in the last place you think to look'."

"I'm impressed you noticed it, Mistress." Mephy smiled down at me as he hovered in the air a little bit above the ground, looming over my shoulder. He held a tabby cat in his arms.

"Now then, let's see if our theory is correct. If we can't find the missing cats anywhere in the school, the only place left would be the "Forbidden Tower"."

"As you say Mistress Ranmaru, though are sure about the number of missing cats?" He asked me while he scratched the head of the cat in his arms.

I nodded and tried to pick the lock of the padlock. "I have it all down. As of now there are twenty tawny cats, seventeen blacks, five spotted, five white, two greys, and one bald missing. Last week, it was a brown-stripped cat. Five days ago, it was a black cat with a white whisker on his right cheek. Three days ago, it was a tawny and black cat that disappeared." I stopped and turned to Mephy. "By the way, even though they are similar, the one you're hugging now isn't the same one you were holding during lunch. That one's tail is shorter.

Mephy looked down at the cat in his arms and shrugged, continuing to scratch his head. "Even though we suspect Father Shion, how can we connect him to the disappearances?" He asked me while tilting his head to the side.

"Simple," I gave him a devilish smirk. "The only one who has the keys to the Church and most likely this door is none other than Father Shion."

Mephy looked at me with wide eyes and then let out a chuckle. "You seem to be having fun, Mistress Ranmaru." He finished it off with a lively smile. I smiled back at him.

"Of course I am. This is my only chance to strip off that "Angel's" disguise." I felt joy with saying those words. I had a feeling which I had not felt since summoning Mephy from the book, the feeling of excitement and pleasure. "Father Shion, some say he's a beautiful young Priest. A saintly man of virtue who sings of eternal life with that innocent face. But, how laughable would it be if all of that was a façade?" I looked up at Mephy who was smirking before I went back to picking the lock.

"My, you are the Devil." He stated almost mockingly. I chuckled at his words.

"Oh really? Does doing evil make one evil, Mister Demon?" His hand reached out and covered my own while the other rested one my shoulder. His long, black nails curved around my fingers.

"Not at all. " He said with a soft, sweet voice. "When you're like this, I think you are wonderful, Mistress." My heart fluttered at his words, I felt the blood rushing to my face. Slowly I turned my head and looked up into his cat-like eyes, he returned the stare and smiled sweetly.
Though the moment was interrupted as light appeared and an oh-so familiar voice echoed throughout the Church.

"Who is it?" The young Priest walked up to us, holding an oil lamp. "Who's there-"

"Father Shion?!" I nearly yelled from the shock, I thought he would have been asleep. Why was he here?!

As his eyes adjusted to the light and the darkness, he stared in surprise at me and at Mephy. "Miss Kirino? Why are here…. with a man?!" He came up a bit closer to me. "You know that if you don't preserve your purity, Heaven's gate will not open. I know you are wiser than anyone else… You must not make a mistake and be led astray be fleeting emotions!" He held out his to me begging for me to take it and he whispered softly. "Come over here."

The Angel sings the way to paradise

Amidst his whispers, Mephistos was laughing. He truly was a Demon…

I let my hand slowly reach out to his. "Thank you for your concern Father Shion." The blonde let out a sigh of relief and smiled at me.

"That's good, you're coming to your senses Miss Kir-" My eyes narrowed and I harshly pushed him away with my hand.

"However," I ran over to Mephy and grabbed hold of him as he placed one hand on my shoulder and the other around my waist. His cape was now feathers of dark wings. "I have no interest in that paradise!"

Father Shion stared in shock and horror as his eyes laid upon the wings of a Fallen Angel. "M-miss Kirino," He stuttered. "Is that….. A Demon?"

Ignored him and looked up to Mephy, clutching my book against my chest. "Mephy, we're going to the crime scene at once!" I pointed at the glassless window as the Demon picked me up bridal style and jumped out the window, wings started to flap and the next thing I knew we were up in the air, denying gravity.

"Amazing! We'll be at the top in a flash!" I exclaimed happily, one arm wrapped around his neck while the other held the book.

"Are you alright with this, Mistress Ranmaru – choosing this Demon over an "Angel"?" He asked me in a plain tone. I looked up into his eyes and smiled. This was me, this is where I belonged.

"Of course I am. It's boring over there, they keep laughing at conversation I don't care for."

"Mistress Ranmaru," He looked down at me, his piercing yellow eyes staring me down. "That is not called "boredom". What you just described to me is "loneliness", don't you think?" My eyes widen a little at his words.

Loneliness? Me? That is just an illusion.

I broke our eye contact, looking down somewhat. "Are Demons… capable of understanding the human heart?" I asked him in a soft, weak-ish voice. I could hear him chuckling once I said that.

"Who knows? What do you think?" Before I could answer him we reached the top. He land gracefully on the stone balcony of the tower. He put me down and looked straight ahead at the wall where an old, wooden door was sitting there, the chain and lock on the ground. "Well now, let's have a look." Mephy smiled and walked to the door, opening it and letting me walk in first.

A putrid smell filled the air and the first thing I saw was the copse of a tawny cat covered in dried blood. It took me aback, my mind trying to process what I was seeing. Then I saw another one, and another- there were hundreds of corpses of cats lying around, covered in blood. I gulped and walked further into the room until I stopped in my tracks.

There in front of us was the same circle I drew for summoning Mephy, but it was drenched in blood; old and fresh. And in the middle, there was a tall person in a black cloak holding a scythe whose blade was covered in the crimson liquid. "H-huh?" I staggered back a little as the figure turned around. Plain framed glasses, dark hair and a white collar that were around a Priest's neck. "No way….. Father Kurosawa?"

He laughed when he saw me though Mephy was nowhere to be seen. "Well, well, you got into this place. You truly are a bad girl Miss Kirino." He smirked which sent chills up my spine. I gripped my book tightly and looked him in the eye.

"Heh! I thought I would witness the downfall of an Angel, but it seems you are the true mastermind!" I laughed back at him, sending him a grin tauntingly.

He narrowed his eyes in a serious manner. "Why are you laughing? You think you can easily escape from here? Most of all, what can you do to stop me? No, can you stop me is what I should be asking." He's smirk was still pasted on his lips. "Do you even know why I'm here?"

I looked around the room, examining every piece of "evidence". That's when it suddenly came to me. How he always bosses Father Shion even though the blonde was higher in rank than him. "You're someone who secretly worships the Devil behind Father Shion's back." I stated proudly. "All because you couldn't undermine his authority." The look on his face, the way his smirk faded told me all. "Oh, did I hit the mark? How simple-minded. You are really pitiful."

As I was talking, I failed to notice him getting closer until his scythe was around my neck, his free arm grabbing around my arm and waist. I smirked inwardly. He took the bait, Mephy will do the rest. "You're the pitiful one." He said coldly into my ear. "You're going to disappear right here, and no one will even car-" He got cut off as a foot came in contact with his face, it happened so suddenly. I looked up to see not my Demon, but an annoying Angel.

"Fa-" He cut me off also by grabbing my shoulders firmly, squeezing them lightly.

"Are you alright Miss Kirino?!" He asked me quite seriously, I simply nodded.

"You?!" Our heads both snapped over to the older man who was burning with rage. "Father Shion, why are you here?!"

Shion ignored him and his usual smile was now a frown. "This is harming a student." His eyebrows burrowed. "Is this your true nature, Father Kurosawa?" Kurosawa grunted and stood up straight, he grabbed his scythe and held it in attack mode. He charged at the blonde.

"IF YOU WEREN'T AROUND THEN I WOULD BE-" The rattling sounds of chains stopped him in his tracks, he was brought up into the air by the silver chains. In front of us was Mephy who was floating in the air. Father Shion was surprised and staring in awe.

"The game ends here, human!" He said quite darkly. "Did you think if you keep offering sacrifices without offering yourself, the denizens of my side would be satisfied?" A dark aura surrounded Mephy as flew up and grabbed Father Kurosawa's chin. "To satisfy us-"

"Mephy!" I cried out to him, making his head snap back to me, his fringe covering his eyes. "That man is not worth killing!"

Silence filled the room and the chains clanked to the ground, he let go of Kurosawa who hit the ground and smiled happily at me. "You're right. If you say so Mistress."

It's been two days since the incident at the tower, Father Kurosawa quit his job as a Priest and left without saying a word to anyone. You could say the least that I was bored again. Mephy and I sat front of the little graves we made for all the cats with the help of Father Shion. "As it turns out, that idiot was sneaking in using a duplicate he had made." I sighed and continue. "And the boring truth is that Father Shion truly is the Angel he seems to be." I rolled around on the grass back and forth. "Boring! Boring! Boring!" I stopped and laid on my back.

Mephy chuckled and placed his hands either side of my head, his face looming over my own. "If that's the case, then we should look again. Surely there is something that can fully satisfy you." He brushed a lock of hair out of my eyes. "I'll always be by your side." With that he turned into his cat form and walked around to my torso, he climbed up from my shoulder and licked my face.

I smiled slightly. "You're right." I sat up and stretched my arms in the air. "Oh well, if that's the way it's going to be I better find something interesting soon. Maybe I should try outside the school?"

"Miss Kirino!" I turned my head and saw the virtuous Priest himself, standing only a few metres from myself. I stood up and brushed my dress.

"Good day Father Shion." With that I started to walk off, he was most likely going to ask me again about why I summoned a Demon. But I stopped as a hand gently slapped me on the head. I turned my head around and looked up at Father Shion who was less than an inch away.

"Geez, you won't stop to listen to me. If you're going to be like that, then I'm going to follow you from now on until you explain everything to me, whether you like it or not. Be prepared."

A dreary, commonplace, everyday life is something that I cannot be satisfied with. I watched as Father Shion walked away back to the Church, before leaving me with a warm smile.

"It looks like there's still room for games." I looked up at Mephy and smirked. "Now then, let's begin the next game, Mephistos."

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Annnnnnnnnd done! Hope you liked it, R&R~ :)