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Struggling Starlight|Chapter 2

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Chapter 2:
What Are Your Goals?


“This is so cool!” Kenta excitedly says bouncing on his bed like a little kid.  “We’re only three doors down from Yukio and Rin’s room!”

“{Yeah, more of Mr. Faust’s sick humor.}  Would you calm down, Kenta?!  I can’t concentrate on our homework Yukio gave us!” Seiya yells getting irritated.

“I can’t!  I’m too hyper!  I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep!”

“Oh for the love of!  That’s it!”

Grabbing her things, Seiya storms out of the dorm room and shuts the door.  A loud thud can be heard from inside followed by giggle snorts.  The girl sighs angrily before regaining her composure.  She walks up to the Okumura Twins’ room and knocks on the door.  Rin is the one to answer asking what’s up.  Seiya asks if there’s any way she could focus on her homework with them, to which Yukio happily replies he can help.

A half hour into it, Seiya is nearly finished when she asks, “Hey Yukio-kun, do you think I could spend the night in here with you two?  Kenta’s way too hyper to focus on anything including sleep.”

The boys laugh with Yukio answering, “Mr. Faust thought ahead on that one too.  Here, take this key.”

Yukio hands over a dorm room key with a number on it.  Seiya saw this number just across from her current dorm room, and starts to wonder just what Mephisto has prepared for her.  Five years of his unpredictable nature always has her on guard.  After she finishes her homework, she thanks Yukio and leaves the room.  However, Rin’s curiosity peaks and he wants to see if her room ends up looking any different from theirs, expecting in his mind luxurious furniture.  At the door, Seiya uses the key and opens it.  She flips a light on and is a bit taken aback.

“It…it almost looks like my old room…” Seiya says in disbelief, tears nearly building in her eyes.

Although it is another ordinary dorm room, the walls have been painted a pastel green, with a blue paisley pattern surrounding the windows and door.  The bed has been fixed with two poles and a partial frame holding up a light lavender shroud; the curtains are pulled to both sides.  The desk is nothing to gawk at, but on it is an envelope with Seiya’s name on it.  On the right corner of the desk is a simple light, and on the opposite side a simple vase with a white iris sticking out followed by a couple of baby’s breath flowers to each side.

Rin asks, “Wait, your old room looked like this?”

“I know it’s a bit girly,” Seiya replies, “but aside from my old room being slightly bigger, this is almost a perfect replica.  Heh, all it’s missing is our pet cat, Flopsy.”

“…Flopsy?”

“He always had this weird stride like he was drunk, so he would flop around sometimes.  He was a good boy though; you could yank any part of him, and so long as you didn’t hurt him he just did not care.”

They walk into the room and Seiya takes notice of the envelope.  Rin joins her and watches as she takes out a pink sheet of paper.

It reads:

Seiya,

I’m sure by now your brother is filled with boundless and seemingly endless hyper energy.  In an effort to relieve you of this trait, I have done my best to recreate your old room.  It was more Kenta’s idea, and he even had an old photo of it.  The iris on your desk was more my idea.

I hope you find everything to be in order.  Please, enjoy your time here.

If you need anything, you know where to find me.

-Mephisto


“Damn, he really wants you to be comfortable, doesn’t he?” Rin asks.

“Which one?” Seiya responds.

“The both of them.  I would’ve never expected this from either…especially Mephisto; there’s just something about him I don’t like…”

“…Either way, I’ll have to think of way to thank him.”

The next morning, Seiya is up early deciding on what to do on her day off.  She thinks about wanting to do more research on exorcism and all the Meister types.  By the time she gets to the Okumura brothers’ room, they are gone.  She decides to check on her brother, finding he left his door unlocked, and finds him sprawled out on his stomach on the floor, his sheets trailing behind him.

“{Baka.}”

With nothing else to do, Seiya decides to head over to Mephisto’s office; she needs to thank him for recreating her old room.

In his office, Mephisto is more focused on one of his manga than dealing with any paperwork.  A knock is heard on his door several minutes later.  He announces for whoever it is to enter.  As he spins around in his chair he finds it’s Seiya with a timid look on her face.

Mephisto smiles saying, “Ah if it isn’t young Seiya.  So, has your brother driven you insane last night?”

Seiya’s timidness quickly vanishes as she replies, “Ugh, he was so hyper he must’ve bounced around in his sleep; I found him on the floor.”

“I had a feeling.”

“…I uh…really wanted to thank you for recreating my room.  Last night had to have been the first time in five years I slept throughout the night.”

“You are very welcome, my dear.  Although you should thank your brother as well; it was his idea after all.”

“After I’m done slapping him awake first.  That kid could sleep through a nuclear bomb.”

“Seiya, I am curious about something.” Mephisto says standing up and walks over to her.  “I know you’ve waited the last five years to become an exorcist when your brother was able to be controlled, but what is your goal as an Exorcist?”

She becomes silent.  Her usual attitude is replaced with melancholy.  She answers, “I’ve thought about it myself.  I have nothing to really avenge since both our parents are gone.  But I also don’t like the fact that Satan could strike one hell of an attack at any given moment.  However, one thought came across my head…it started shouting loudly… ‘I want to be normal’…”

“…You mean become human again?”

“Mr. Faust—”

“Seiya, you can call me Mephisto.  It isn’t like I’m going to yell at you.”

“Call it respect.  Anyway, you have no idea what it’s like living with abilities you know could easily overwhelm you at any given point.  I’ve always been afraid of these powers.  I honestly can’t stand having them.”

“But Seiya, do you miss being able to do nothing and feel helpless like you did that night?”

“…”

Rewind five years prior.  Seiya is in her room studying for an upcoming exam in school.  Her brother is listening to loud music in his room, performing on an air guitar along with the music.  Unbeknownst to them, their demon father gets into an argument with their human mother.  They are arguing about the fact that she never knew he was a demon, and that his powers passed on into Kenta.  Fearing for her children’s safety, she rushes for the kitchen and grabs a knife.  Her husband has followed after her and grabs both her wrists.  He then headbutts her, causing her to fall to the ground.  Without hesitation, he places a hand on her head and overwhelms her human soul with his demonic power.  Brainwashed, she stands as if nothing has happened.

Upstairs in his room, Kenta can feel an overwhelming presence, something he’s never felt before.  He quickly shuts off his radio and rushes downstairs.  Standing in complete shock, he watches his parents barge into Seiya’s room.  Wasting no time, he runs into the kitchen, grabs a knife, and heads back to his sister’s room.  Both parents are trying to break through the closet door that Seiya has hid herself behind.  Without fear or favor, Kenta attacks his parents.  As they flip around he can see the intent to kill in their psychotic eyes.  Paralyzed with fear, he isn’t sure what to think or do.  They both attack and his instinct to run overrides his fear as he rushes out the door.  Seiya quickly bursts through her closet door holding onto the family cat, Flopsy.

Flopsy, not liking the threat, begins to his and angrily growl until he finally jumps out of Seiya’s arms and dashes out the door.  She quickly gives chase, and as soon as she leaves her room is hit with something…something bloody.  It’s the cat, with deep gashes in his side.  More blood is suddenly splashed across the floor…it’s her mother’s blood.  In a full panic being mixed with confusion, Seiya drops to the floor on her hands and knees.  Just then, her step-father attacks but midway into a deadly slash, he stops.  Kenta had stuck the knife his mother was holding into his back.  The demonic father attacks him instead to which Kenta shoves the knife in his throat, then rips it back out.  Flames begin to build around him as his father hits the ground.

Fast-forward to the present.  Seiya is unsure how to respond to Mephisto’s question.  Sure, being human would give her a greater peace of mind and make her feel normal again…but remaining with powers she despises that are beneficial to her own survival at this point in time…she doesn’t know what to do.  She lifts up her left hand and removes the glove, looking at the scar that her brother gave her during their confrontation after he had saved her.

“{…Why did I block his attack?}” she starts to think.

Tears build quickly in her eyes blurring her vision.  Unable to think clearly with overpowering emotions, she grabs her head and starts sobbing.

“{Oh dear, I think I just made her short circuit.}” Mephisto thinks feeling a bit guilty.

He then takes his hand, places it under Seiya’s chin and gently lifts her head up so she’s looking at him.

“Seiya, I can understand the pain you’re going through right now.  Being human again would make you feel normal, yet at the same time having these powers gives you a defense.  It’s a lot to think about.” he says with a soft tone.

“Mephisto…” she tries to say.

He then steps away and walks to his desk saying, “Hmm, I think I have an idea.  There’s a place within the area, the Exorcist Supply Store, that has a garden filled with all kinds of plants.  Really only higher ups like myself are allowed there, but, I think I can make an exception for you.”

“A garden?  What, you want me to work there or something?”

“Well you do need something to do around here, right?  Plus, I think working there will give you some solace, and a clearer mind.  Now where’d I put my keys?” he replies as he rummages through one of the drawers.

Seiya gains a look asking sternly, “You lost them already?”

Some time later, Mephisto uses one of the many warp keys that brings anyone to the shop.  Problem was, the user of the key is warped to the highest point of a tower and must walk along a bridge to reach it.  The second Seiya looks over to see how high they are causes her to become dizzy.  The headmaster has no choice but to keep her close so she doesn’t fall over.

Once they get across, he leads her up a flight of steps to a gate.  Something appears to be off about it; the barrier appears to have disappeared.  When he opens the door, it simply falls off.  Seiya comments about it not being a good thing until she senses a familiar aura, and it’s Rin’s.  That right away explained everything to Mephisto, much to his frustration.  Seiya decides to try and put the gate door back up despite the fact it isn’t hooking into place.  Mephisto looks around finding no one is outside and concludes everyone is inside the shop.

Seiya joins him a moment later when she thinks the gate door is on good enough and becomes filled with awe.  The sight of the garden with all its beautiful plants makes her forget instantly about her stress.  That’s when Yukio walks into the garden and spots the two.

Mephisto calls, “Ah Yukio, how’s it going?  I take it Rin really wanted to tag along?”

Yukio walks over responding, “Yeah, I couldn’t stop him.  He’s also bad at listening to directions.  What are you doing here?”

As Mephisto explains the situation, Seiya senses a demon nearby.  Its aura is fairly weak to the point it almost can’t be detected.  Problem is, she can’t see where it is, even with her Aura Sight Ability.  Regardless she begins to have a look around the garden, amazed at how well taken care of the plants are.

“{Maybe this could actually work out.  At least I could try.}” she starts to think.

Back at the dorm, Kenta has awoken in a panic; he is the only one there.  He rushes out the building and runs around looking for everyone when he bumps into someone and falls on his butt.  When he looks up, he finds a tall boy that’s a little dark-skinned.  His hair is so blonde it almost appears to be a white gold color.  His eyes are a deep silver with black glasses resting in front of them.  The boy wears a black double-button coat with navy-blue jeans, black shoes, a brown waist belt with the Exorcist emblem on it, and a white bowtie.  He stands around 5’08”.  He looks down sternly at Kenta.

“Aw man, sorry dude.” Kenta apologizes as she stands dusting himself off.  “I was in a rush looking for my friends and wasn’t watching where I was going.  The name’s Kenta Takenaka!”

“Heh, this place is pretty big, you may not find them.  I’m Hayato Tachibana.” the boy replies.  “Hey, I’m curious.  What year are you?”

“Huh?  Oh, I’m a freshman this year!  You?”

“Senior.”

“HUH?!”

“Haha oh yeah, you definitely are a freshman.”

“Grr why you!  I just started this year!  And for your information, I’m a Page too!”

“Hahahaha!  This is priceless!  I’m already an Exorcist.  Well, Lower Second Class anyway.”

“You’ve gotta be kidding me!”

“’Fraid not.  I started training when I was a kid.  You could say I got a sooner start than that Yukio-guy.”

“Dude, not only am I friends with Yukio, he’s my instructor for that medicine class.”

“…Well damn, he’s made some headway.  I’m just finishing up my regular classes this semester.”

“HA!  That means I topped you!”

“Are you a senior and an Exorcist?”

“…”

“Yeah, you can’t bullshit a bullshitter.”

Early evening starts to approach.  Seiya has made herself comfortable next to a patch of flowers and fell asleep.  Mephisto has kept a close eye on her the whole time to see how she’d react, and is pleased with the current result.  At that moment, someone exits the small garden house.  Not wanting to be seen, he quickly shape shifts into a dog and makes himself scarce.  This is a good opportunity to see what will happen; he’s been made aware of the situation here.  A small girl, just a bit taller than Seiya wearing a pink kimono and has short blonde hair, crawls her way into the garden.  As she begins to water some of the flowers, Rin soon enters the garden and confronts her.  It doesn’t even phase Seiya, even when he starts breaking a few pots to prove a point.  Apparently, he doesn’t want her to trap herself in a garden, bringing up her grandmother.

Yukio enters the garden having seen some of the moment going on.  When the girl decides she finally wants the demon in the garden taken care of, the roots in her legs reveal the demon’s true form, using her a shield.  This spooks Seiya awake and she sees the weak demon she could barely sense earlier.  She quickly joins the brothers asking what the deal is.

“This demon has been absorbing Shiemi’s soul through her legs for a while now.  And now that Shiemi wants to leave the garden, this thing refuses to let her go!” Rin quickly explains.

Yukio turns to Seiya and says, “Seiya, please stand back!  I don’t want you getting hurt!”

Seiya steps back but then thinks about what Mephisto said earlier about her powers.  They’re her defense, it keeps her from being helpless.  As Rin tries to attack the demon after having drawn his sword, Seiya removes her right glove, and white and golden flames surround her hand as she forms a fist.  The brothers and the demon can sense her power increasing.

With an unsure but bold expression, Seiya says, “Sorry, but I already backed down once.”  A memory of that night flashes in her mind.  “I refuse…TO LET IT HAPPEN TWICE!”

As if casting a spell, Seiya sends a flurry of waves at the demon.  The brothers panic until they see that Shiemi is left unharmed, but the demon sustains the damage.  The demon can’t seem to move at all and yells in pain, but won’t let go of the girl.  Yukio, seizing the opportunity, fires a bullet filled with plant vitamins at Shiemi, causing the demon to let go of her out of shock, Yukio acting quickly catching her.  Rin then seizes the moment of weakness and slices the demon in two, killing it.  He sheaths his sword and rushes over to Shiemi thinking his brother may have killed her just now, but finds she’s okay.

Yukio has her try to stand, to which Shiemi is happy to discover she can.  Her mother enters the garden, and Shiemi appears nervous.  Rin smacks her in the back of the head telling her to hurry up and apologize.  Surprisingly, her mother makes the first moves, tearfully embracing her.

Seiya stands there watching the happy moment.  “{…Reminds me of the fights I got into with my birth parents.  Even though my father was sorry for cheating on my mother, I still chose to forgive him.  I still remember how crushed I was to learn he had died in that accident…I really miss having that.}”

Yukio then says, “We should probably head back now.  It’s getting late.”

“Wait, where’d Mr. Faust go?” Seiya asks realizing he’s missing.

She then hears a whimper from behind and says with a look, “Nevermind.  Found him.”

Back at the dorm, the boys head inside.  Mephisto transforms back into himself with Seiya about to head inside before he stops her.  She turns around and he hands her a warp key to the shop.

“That was an impressive display back there, young Seiya.  Your flames appear to only harm demons.  Consider that a blessing.” he says with a hand on her shoulder.

She looks at her hand and responds, “I still don’t know about it though.  I’m grateful to learn for the first time that my flames won’t hurt humans…”

“Wait, you’ve never used them before?  Even after I got you two into my academy?”

“I told you, I’m afraid of my powers.  Tonight was the first time I’ve ever used them since that night, when I had to fend off my brother…”

“…Hmph, well then Seiya, it seems you’ve got a lot to learn.”

“Huh?”

“Think about it.  Your brother is a demon.  So your flames will harm him.  Shiemi is a human, so she was unaffected.  These powers of yours, Seiya, could actually become the greatest weapon against Satan.”

Her eyes widen, “A weapon against Satan?”

“Yes.  Well, I best be going.”

“W-wait!”

But she’s too late; Mephisto has teleported off somewhere.  Aggravated at this, Seiya simply whips herself around and enters the dorm.  Upstairs heading to her room, Seiya hears laughing coming from Kenta’s room.  Stunned by this, she knocks on his door and is told to come in.  She enters the room finding Kenta playing Chinese Checkers with his new friend, Hayato.

“Hey there sis!  Come meet Hayato, this guy’s made of awesome!” Kenta says.

Seiya isn’t sure what to make of the scene.  “Uh…hi.  I’m Kenta’s older sister, Seiya.”

“Ah so you’re Seiya.  Your brother’s done nothing but talk all about you; I can barely get him to change the subject.”  Hayato says.

Seiya smiles saying, “Kenta, you should really boast about something other than me.”

“Yeah, but I just met Rin and Yukio, so you’re all I have left.” Kenta replies with a grin.

“What about Mr. Faust?” she asks.

“Feh, that guy’s a total creep.” Kenta replies with a disgusted look.
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Struggling Starlight focuses on two new characters - the Takenaka Siblings - Seiya and Kenta.
The original plot of the Blue Exorcist anime remains in tact with subtle changes, should the siblings be involved.
Although the two want to join in the fight against Satan, they appear to have their own goals in mind - Seiya wants to rid herself of her powers and be normal again, while Kenta seems dead centered on protecting those he cares for, especially his sister.
Can Seiya and Kenta achieve their goals?
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Yay, chapter 2!  I did tell you guys it's being proof-read, and my friend is busy, so yeah.  Might take longer.  But I don't mind.

Anyway, we delve deeper into Seiya's character here and any relationship between her and Mephisto.  We learn more of what happened that night 5 years ago, and just what Seiya's feelings towards her powers are.

I'm probably more proud of this chapter because it shows great character development while keeping the main storyline in check.  We also introduce another OC, Hayato Tachibana!  He's already an Exorcist and in his Senior year.  Is he OP?  NO, he is not.

Trivia:
->Mephisto gave the Takenaka Siblings a dorm room "three doors down" from the Okumura Twins.  3 Doors Down is the name of a band.
->Flopsy is more based on one of my cats I knew as an infant (can't remember him of course); only with the fact that you could do anything to him, and he would just sit there and take it...well, at least anything I did like pull his whiskers and tail.

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Takenaka means "(dweller in the) middle of bamboo"
Seiya means "Starlight"
Kenta means "healthy, strong" (ken), and "thick, big" (ta).
"Strong Starlight Blade" is a simply combination of both the siblings' names.
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Hayato means "falcon" (haya), and "person" (to).
Tachibana means "wild orange".
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Blue Exorcist (c) Kazue Kato
Struggling Starlight, Seiya & Kenta Takenaka, Hayato Tachibana (c) Deidara-Clone

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