((Hey Night, I hope it's okay for me to take temporary control of your NPC ^_^ ))<br/><br/>Ijemaru caught a movement out of the corner of his eye and turned to see a student, breathing heavily, standing in the doorway. He was looking around, like he really needed to talk to someone, but wasn't willing to interrupt orientation. Well of course, having already graduated and become a professional hunter, it was only natural for him to help out. Besides, he'd do anything to get out of that bore fest.<br/><br/>Casually, the Elite Hunter slipped out of his seat and behind the curtain that was to his back. He made his way to the door and pulled the student out into the hall. "Is something wrong?" Ijemaru asked.<br/><br/>The boy was short of breath, but did his best to respond, "I- I found a tainted.. and I managed to get him here.. But I don't know how to explain to him what's going on."<br/><br/>The light-haired hunter nodded. "Well perhaps I can help with that."<br/><br/>The boy nodded, seemingly relieved. "You.. are graduated, right?" he asked.<br/><br/>It was a reasonable question, the two looked to be near the same age. Ijemaru smirked slightly. "Yes, I've graduated."<br/><br/>"Alright," the boy said. He'd caught his second wind and was leading the Elite Hunter to the aforementioned Tainted. "But I'll warn you, he's not in the best of moods."<br/><br/>----------------<br/><br/>Battler blinked, raising his head off of his hand and looking closely at the stage.<span style="font-style: italic">I could have sworn all those seats were filled...</span>he thought curiously. Rather soon after that a flame started up on his shoulder and the person next to him scooted away, looking frightened.<br/><br/>"Ah, sorry about that," Battler said quietly, embarrassed. He quickly extinguished the flame.<br/><br/>----------------<br/><br/>Black opened his eyes, suddenly aware that he was getting hungry. While it was true any demon with enough common sense would stay far away from him, there were often several lower-level demons who just weren't smart enough, yet were too cocky to obey their survival instinct. These often became his prey, and indeed, his next meal. Lightly, the demon hopped out of his tree and went off in search of some lunch.