Dark Exorcist

Shinhidoka was a City in the center of the country of Hijin. The country was the largest of the six countries that covered the earth. There were demons and other dark entities appearing all around the world. The village put together the Exosagin, shinobi trained in eliminating the demons manifesting all around the world. Prologue A ninja dressed in black without a mask moved through the forest at incredible speed. He had long white hair with silver eyes as his long hair whipped around through the air. He pulled out a kunai, filling it with his spiritual energy as blue energy outlined it with a blue flame-like aura. (There!) Throwing the blade with great precision, he struck a lesser-demon in the back, causing it to let out a screech of agony before being engulfed in blue flames. (One down, to think demons have made it this close to Shinhidoka just a few miles away. Then again, it's merely lesser-demons for now which are quite simple to execute. Lesser-demons are mindless entities that look like tall-thin black figures with large glowing red eyes. It seem to only react in loud yells with no common sense. Their fingers are as sharp as razors and therefore be a threat to normal citizens. I've once seen a lesser-demon's claws pierce through steel, so there's no question if they're dangerous or not) The man continued moving through the forest, silently taking out each demon with his small blades infused with his immense spirit energy. After about 10 minutes he found himself in the center of the forest far from any village or city. There he landed on a tree branch where he came upon a demonic heart. These anomalies formed from large amounts of dark spiritual energy such as murder and other dark acts. The blood heart looked like a large corroded heart with red goo squirting out of it with a large pool of blood all around it. Roots were sticking out from the heart, wrapped around the nearby trees like a weed. "Ah, so this the source of the high number of demons, not often do I find a demonic heart sitting out in the forest far from humans. Since negative spiritual energy is what forms these then something sadistic must've happened here" "You've got that right!" A voice cried out in a loud sadistic voice. The Exosagin turned to see a pale buff creature step out from behind the heart. Blood covered its fingers as its eyes were dark as if they were empty. "With the blood sacrifice, I created this heart and feed off the blood to fill myself with it's negative spiritual energy. With this power, I shall kill you and wipe out all in my way!" "Don't be so sure" The demon lunged toward the scouting ninja with red electricity swarming around his body as he went for the kill. He struck the tree, the sheer force of his blow caused the entire tree to break from it's roots, hitting the ground. "No body!? Where did he go!?" "You must've forgotten who you're dealing with. I'm one of the few remaining S- Rank Exorcists and can easily deal with you without moving from this spot" The assailant turned to see the shinobi standing in front of the heart with his back to it, focusing his attention on his demonic target. "Defeat me without moving huh? You talk to much, let's see you back it up!" It advanced straight for him, vast demonic Spiritual energy swarmed around it. Closing his eye for a brief moment then reopening it revealed a pure glowing blue light that lit up the shaded forest. "Secret Art: Exorcist Eye" His eye grew brighter as his target felt himself growing weaker, a burning sensation filling his body as it began to crumble away into ash. All that remained was a burned pile of ash... CHAPTER 1 New Exorcist candidates Each class had a specific name instead of just calling it a rank: C Exorcist C-rank and lowest class of a ninja. B Exorcist - An average rank of the ninja, most shinobi reached this rank and never got promoted or were content with their level. A Exorcist An elite shinobi that were sent on high threat missions that could put anyone or the entire village or city in danger. S Exorcist - The highest rank of a ninja and the rarest number of shinobi who have reached this rank. These exorcists have the highest chance of becoming the leader of their village and learn vast secret Arts of the Exorcist. Kasuke Mashida was a young man who wore a black jacket with black pants. He had black hair and hazel eyes. He had heard about the exosagin and planned to become an exorcist himself. Flashback A small village was a blaze with flames as many people ran in fear of the demons invading. Many were lesser-demons that ran around killing randomly with no remorse for the lives they had taken. Blood soon filled the streets like a dark-red stream. Cries could be heard while a small child dressed in a white shirt and black shorts hid inside with his parents. His mother had long light-brown hair wearing a purple dress. His father was a average built man with short black hair dressed in a white shirt and blue jeans. His mother held the boy close to her as they hid in the corner of the kitchen on the tiled floor while the father gripped a pistol in his hand. "Masaki, I'm going to try and buy you time so you can escape with Kasuke" "What about you!? I can't just leave you here to die!" "This is no the time to argue, I'd rather die here then let our son be killed by those monsters!" Just then the kitchen windows shattered as a lesser-demon came lunging right for the man. He fired several rounds into the creature but it only seem to anger it as the creature pierced through the man's stomach. "Y-you bastard" He coughed up blood before getting one clear shot to the demon's head causing it to collapse disintegrating "G-go now" Masaki picked up her 5-year-old son running from the house as flames finally consumed it. She ran as fast as she could, almost to the village's entrance when a unique demon appeared in front of her. It looked like a lesser-demon, but more muscular and calmer. It stared at them before giving them a grin revealing it's sharp teeth. It jumped straight for them at great speed with it's sharp nails. Masaki gripped her son tightly as both closed their eyes waiting for their end. At that moment, a man came down from out of the clouded sky, stopping the demon's attack with a mere kunai, using it like a blade as he held it sideways, taking the full brunt of the monster's attack. Forming a protective barrier around the knife, he was able to reinforce it's durability, keeping it from shattering on contact. Kasuke opened his eyes to see a man dressed in black defending them from the monster. The heightened-demon jumped back a few feet as it opened it's mouth, forming a sphere of dark-red spiritual energy. The area shook as the sphere grew to the size of a recking ball. "Go, get out of here now" The man said in a calm voice not looking at them. The woman nodded as she thanked him before running past the demon out into the forest. The monster turned around, firing the demonic spiritual ball in their direction. Just as it was about to hit, the sphere warped through a black and white rift in space before reappearing right in front of it's attacker. The heightened devil let out a screech of panic as the entire city lit up in red light, red electricity whipping around the blast zone every now and then. "Aside from your calm attitude and multiplied power, you're no different than the lesser-demons I've destroyed many times before. What you just witnessed was Spiritual rift, with this technique I'm able to warp any type of energy from one place to another in a mere instant depending on the amount of spiritual energy and how far I want it to travel. Now then, I have more important things to do rather than play with you so" Concentrating his spiritual energy into his fingertips, the exosagin snapped his fingers straight towards the devil, sending such immense force, it was like blades piercing straight through the creature. The creature fell to the ground split in half but still alive. "You're a tough one, normally that much force would easily be enough to kill the strongest lesser-demon...you must be stronger than you look. This technique will surely end you here. Secret art: Spiritual blade storm" Crossing his palms parallel together, blue energy swarmed around them as his body outlined in the blue aura. 10 swords made of pure spiritual energy formed right above them in the sky. Throwing both hands down at his sides, the blades soared straight down. Striking the demon all over it's body. The monster let out agonizing screams as the concealed man aimed his palm toward it, clinching his fist. "Purify" The blades grew brighter as they erupted in a massive shockwave of power, completely killing the demon... End Of Flashback (It's been 16 years since that night, that man whoever he was saved me, and when mom told me all that happened, it motivated me to become an exorcist of these demons that seem to plaque our world with death and torture. I will do whatever it takes to become a high-class exosagin, and rid this world of all you demons) He stood in front of a large building with an "X" in the center, it was red with a black background around it like a coin. He walked up the steps, brushing his black hair to the right as his hazel eyes gleamed in the light. Kasuke walked through the doors of the 20-story building, finding himself in a large lobby with a red carped floor, a large black "X" in the center. There were black chairs on both sides of the room with a woman sitting behind a window going through paper work. The young man made his way up to the window. The woman way young with long black hair and brown eyes wearing a red dress. "Hello, I'm here to register for the exorcist qualification exam" "Please state your name and reason for registering?" "Kasuke Mashida, I hope to help rid the world of the demons and make the world a safer place for humanity" She just looked at him with a plain expression before putting his info into her computer. "You're all set, just make your way through that door and down the hall, you should find the right room" "Alright thanks" He went through the door to the right of the window, walking through the long narrow hall where he reached the end with a door that read "Event room" (This should be the right room) Making his way inside he saw rows of chairs with a large stage, basically an auditorium. He made his way over to a seat in the middle room as many other participants sat and watched as a man dressed in a black jacket and pant walked up to the mike. He had long blonde hair with golden eyes. The logo was on his jacket which meant that was probably the uniform of the association. "Welcome all who've come to become an official exorcist, my name is Seiya Nokomi, the Vice-CEO of the Exorcist association. All though I'm not the owner of the organization, I insist you come to me if you have any questions. Please know that this job isn't easy, just because you become an exorcist, doesn't mean you be killed by a demon at any moment. Not to mention those of you who'll probably fail the exams before the real challenges even begin. Please be aware, you will be facing real demons during this exam. A person's true fighting ability is revealed in times of danger. So those of you too scared to even come face to face with a devil should just leave now, for I will not tolerate such uselessness" Kasuke saw a man with long white hair dressed in the association's uniform standing in the corner of the room leaning against the wall with his arms crossed watching the announcement, Mashida couldn't shake the feeling he knew the man from somewhere, but just tried to ignore it and continue watching the man on stage. "For your exam, you will be taken to an area that has a decent number of lesser-demons hiding within it. The members of the A-rank exorcists shall watch how you fair against the weakest kind of monsters and decided whether you're worthy of joining the exorcists or not. If there's no further questions, then let us commence with the exam" Seiya turned to the man Kasuke had noticed before giving him a nod. The man clapped his hands together with his eyes closed before flashing open one glowing blue eye. "Secret technique: Spiritual Rift" A rift began to form around them but at a slower Pase instant of instant since there were so many energies the user had to focus on then focus on the location of a demon within the forest to use as his teleportation point. Finally everyone within the room was transported into the forest. "Good luck contestants, we hope you do well" Saiya commented before putting his hand on the unknown man's shoulder as they were warped just outside of the forest. "Using the ability to sense spiritual energy, we can keep track of them and the demons. The fellow high-rank exorcists are probably watching from their office using some kind of special technique. Pointless when they could just be here and sense it, saves energy" Meanwhile Kasake found himself alone with only one other person, a blonde-haired boy with blue eyes dressed in a black long-sleeve shirt and pants. "Seems the others have no intention of working together huh?" He said as both looked around their surroundings back to back. "Yeah, as much as I want to win this, I'm sure thinking strategically and teamwork are a factor in this exam instead of just how many you kill" Mashida answered when a demon jumped out from the trees. Kasuke grabbed a stick off the ground, striking the demon across the face, sending it into a tree but also breaking the stick in half from the force of the blow. (Damn it, if only I had a weapon...no, they're watching to see how we respond in situations like this, if I worry about a weapon, I'm just going to drop my guard. I need to use the fighting moves I learned when I was building up for this moment) The monster lunged once more towards them. Mashida and his ally stood side by side, throwing a synchronized punch straight for the monster's face. The blow was so strong it caused the demon to break into ash. "Wow, we actually got one, by the way, my name is Nishira Akomora" "I'm Kasuke Mashida, nice to meet you, hopefully this doesn't get much harder, if those are the weakest level demons, I can't imagine what's the mid-level of a demon" Just then a blue light shot up from nearby, the light emanated up into the sky. The young man looked at his partner still back-to-back responding: Let's go!" "Right!" Both dashed through the darkened forest towards the bright blue light that could be seen a few meters away. Demons jumped out of the darkness right for them in all directions. Both ninja pushed off of one another to gain speed as Kasuke struck a devil across the face, sending it smashing into a tree while Nashira spun in mid-air, kicking the other three away. "Hurry, we need to reach that point!" They raced towards the light, dodging the many trees in their path as they reached the light where weapons laid in the center of the immense blue light. Both heard the coming demons and raced straight for a weapon. Kasuke grabbed a katana with a golden handle and black blade. His partner grabbed a large circular blade that spun around in his hand like a boomerang. Once more lesser-demons sprang out of the darkness, this time in greater numbers. (Seems the exosagain are judging how well we can use a weapon. Fine, I've trained with a blade for years, but I don't have much practice against an actual demon. We'll just have to find out if my training was worth it!) A demon came lunging straight for him when in a quick move, Kasuke slashed right through it. Nishira watched as the enemy crumbled away. (Wow, this guy must've trained hard to be so skilled with a blade. I've used these before but still new at them) The blonde man threw the blade as hard as he could as it spiraled straight for one of the attacking entities when it missed by a mere inch. "Damn it!" Just as the devil was about to reach him, his blade changed course, piercing it in the back destroying it. "Seems these weapons have spiritual energy within them, otherwise the monsters won't be killed so easily. A normal weapon would take a lot more strikes and force to kill them" Out of nowhere a scream rang out in the distance. They headed in that direction where they found an examinee standing there motionless, his right hand was black with root-like tentacles going from his arm to the right side of his chest. His eyes were glowing red. "s**t, he must've been possessed by the demon. We have to knock him out of it" Kasuke responded aiming his blade towards the controlled man who was shirtless wearing white pants and had short light-brown hair. Nishira was hesitant to attack a fellow examinee especially under the circumstances of being controlled but knew there was no other way. Meanwhile... Seiya felt a strange high-negative energy out in the forest, near heightened-demon level. Asuma do you feal that? There's a high trace of negative energy coming from one location. Unless there's a horde of entities gather in one spot, we may have a high-threat devil in the area which could put the participants in danger" Asuma took a deep breath preparing to locate all the members' spiritual sources when he felt his sensing ability blocked-off. "What is this!? No normal-level demon can hide both their and everyone else's energy so easily! I'm afraid...we could be dealing with a high A-rank or even low S-rank demon" "That can't be possible, if such a powerful devil was this close, we should've been able to sense their immense power!" Back in the forest... "Hehe, I've been waiting for the day I found a strong enough body to take over and regain my rule of the earth as the devil king! I may be in this weak body for now, but I know the perfect body, one with power hidden from the world" There was a pause before the possessed man advanced right for Kasuke. The sword-wielder had no time to react, the monster moved near-instantaneously, gripping the human's neck, lifting him up with one hand. "Get away from him!" Nishira threw his spinning blade as hard as he could before the demonic human caught it with his other hand still holding Kasuke up by the throat with the other. "Child's play" He threw it back, an immense surge of demonic spiritual energy engulfed around it as it pierced right through him. Tears filled Mashida's eyes as he saw his friend's headless body hit the ground in a pool of blood. "You have two options; Join with me and I'll revive your friend, or I'll kill you here and find someone else to be my new host" "F-fine, I'll let you take my body, please just heal him!" A grin grew across the possessed body's face as the dark-red aura swarming around him began to flow into Kasuke. The assailant dropped him as both fell to the ground. Mashida stood up feeling immense pain surging through his body as a symbol that looked like four triangles attached to each other formed on his neck. His eyes glowed red. After healing Nashira he let out a sadistic laugh when the surge of demonic power abruptly vanished. "Huh?" Suddenly the symbol disappeared as Kasuke came to his senses. "Kasuke? W-what happened? I remember getting struck by my blade before it all went black" "Don't worry about it, the demon's gone for now, we should hurry and get out of here before something else happens" Meanwhile... (The fog blocking off their energy is gone!) quickly he located the remaining sources of energy, transporting everyone back to the auditorium. Many of the examinees were badly hurt or exhausted. "Wait, we're missing a few people" Saiya A woman with long light-brown hair told him that they were killed in the forest. "Two guys died when they tried to protect me from a demon that was much stronger than the lesser-demons" Tears ran down her eyes. Seiya told the others to go home and rest for a day while things were sorted out... Kasuke went home and laid in bed. His floor was black carpet and he had a white bed. A window on the middle wall and a wooden writing desk on the right wall. Not long after laying down, he fell asleep... He found himself falling in a black void as if it were water before landing on a white surface were a version of him sat on a throne. It looked like him but with long black hair with glowing red eyes with that symbol on his neck. He was dressed in black armor as if an evil knight. "Welcome to my world. Here is where I'm forced to stay since your body rejects my influence. Tell me...I've possessed many bodies without any trouble. So why is it...you, a low-class human can resist me as if I'm nothing more than a mere headache!?" "I-I don't know" "Don't lie to me! I'm 5,000 years old and knew more than nearly anyone on this pitiful planet" The demon shouted slamming his fist on the throne's arm before rising up, walking over to him. He easily pushed Kasuke as he landed on his butt looking up at the devil king. "Hmmm, I don't sense any unique energy from you. So, what factor protects you from my power? Hmmm, if I can't become the devil king by taking over your body, then I shall teach you how to use my demonic powers and grow stronger until you're strong enough to become a demon king yourself" "Never! Why would I do something like that!? I promised myself I'd rid this world of demons!" "Which you can. In fact, who better to kill a demon than a demon itself. With my god-like powers you could wipe out demons far faster than as a mere human exorcist. With the powers of a demon, along with the techniques and knowledge of an exosagain, you'll be a unique breed, the first of your kind" Kasuke thought hard about it... "I'll do it on one condition: I won't kill any humans, no innocent people that don't have the power to defend themselves from the horde of devils" "Fair enough" He slit his palm as blood ran out as the demon held his hand out. "With this blood contract we'll become one and if innocent people are killed, I will be punished by my own demonic energy" Cutting his own palm they shook hands, the blood swarmed around their hands forming into chains sealing the contract. "There, one last thing, you see this symbol on my neck? When you awaken your demon power, it'll appear on your neck as well. Each triangle symbolizes a power-limiter. As you grow stronger and awaken your true powers, each triangle where vanish until you become a true devil. Now wake up, I've nothing more to say to you" The demon struck him in the center of his forehead with his mere index finger. The force caused Kasuke to abruptly wake up sitting up in his bed. Sunlight pouring into his room as he yawned. Just then there was a knock on his door. He opened it to see Nashira standing in his doorway. The sudden image of his headless body in the forest flashed through his mind before he shook it off. "Hi Nashira, how did you find me?" "I noticed we lived nearby so I decided to come see how you're doing, I got a message that we're supposed to return to the association to get our results. Though after what happened, I doubt it'll really be results" They made their way into the auditorium where only six members of the exam were left... CHAPTER 2 It Begins Seiya stood on stage once more. "Hello and welcome back all who participated in the exam and returned. As you can see, many of the examinees who even survived have dropped-out of the exam leaving only six of you left. Those of you left will be considered official C-class exorcists from this day, congratulations. When your name is called, I will tell you what unit you will be placed in so listen up: •Kasuke Mashida: unit two. • Nashira Akomora: unit three •Naiomi Sonada: unit two •Kojiro Asukomi: unit three •Saku Alkora: unit four •Zenra Kinchin: unit two Hours Later... Kasuke had been put in room 10 of the unit. Each member got their own person room. His room had a bed vertically against the wall with a black rugged floor, a window facing the door and a small desk on the right side of the room. He laid there thinking about what has happened in the short amount of time when he heard a knock at his door. He took a deep breath before getting up to open the door. It was Naiomi Sonada, she had long purple hair with blue eyes. She was already dressed in the black exorcist uniform as she smiled at him with her hands at her side. "Hello, my name is Naiomi Sonada, I came to introduce myself since we'll be working together. I tied to introduce myself to Zenra, however he wouldn't open the door or even respond. I assumed he was either asleep or just ignore me...anyway, it was nice to meet you, hopefully we'll do great on our first mission" Just then they heard a voice over the speakers announce: "All unit members head outside to commence your 1st mission" (Well then...that didn't take long, maybe I'll be able to feed sooner than I expected) The demonic king said within Kasuke's head. The pair made their way outside where a man dressed in the exorcist uniform stood waiting for them. He had long black hair with a youthful face though was tall. He had hazel eyes. "Welcome to your 1st mission. I apologize for calling you all out when you just got settled in, but seems we have a mid-class demon attacking a nearby city and we're the unit that was chosen for the mission, so let's head out" Zenra sighed and Kasuke was surprised to just now notice he was even there. (Wait, how long was he there!? I never even heard him leave his room!) Zenra had long red hair with a cold look on his face. He had a blade at his side also wearing the uniform. Mashida realized he was the only one not wearing a uniform but decided not to bring it up during the mission. They made their way to Kisonin, a city east of their location. They traveled through the forest as fast as they could. Their unit captain moved through the forest at great speed with Zenra following close behind while Kasuke and Naiomi had to follow on foot since they didn't have much practice moving through trees... After an hour they final reached the city. He and Naiomi where tired and their feet hurt but knew they just had to deal with it. "You all rest here, I'm going to search the area for the demon" They sat on a curb just outside the forest resting while Zenra stood nearby not tired even after the far travel. "Hmph, he should've had me go with him, I'm clearly more fit than you two. I can tell your feet are already sore and you're resting as long as you can. You both need to train and exercise more or you'll never be a high-ranking Exorcist"Just then an explosion echoed through the streets. All three of them turned to see a six foot demon with gray skin, red eyes and built body running towards them. "Damn it, seems this demon snuck past the captain and is going straight for us! No matter, a single mid-level demon is hardly a threat to me" Zenra pulled out two kunai, filling them with his energy before throwing them towards the demon with his arms crossed. The projectiles hit the pavement on both sides of the street jus as the demon reached them. Kasuke watched as both kunai erupted in an immense explosion of pink spiritual energy. "Heh, arrogant demon, seems we're dealing with a near-mindless demon, such monster should be classified as a low-level threat instead of a mid-level" Zenra commented with a smirk. Amidst the flames a figure emerged. They saw the demon walk out with only minor burns. "Hmph, should've known an attack like that would've been enough to stop you...but what about this!" The exorcist once more pulled out a kunai, this time filling it with so much spiritual energy it began glowing