Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

"Why you.."

Satan growled angrily as his two demon sons had just stabbed the Gehenna gate.
The world he and Yuri had envisioned.
Shattered.
This was an absolute disgrace.
He, Satan, failed against two half-demons.
Born from a human mother.

"Why would you two resist something your own mother wished for? Why!", he growled again.

The younger of the twins looked down, his eyes ridded with guilt. He repeated the thought. A world where demons and humans could live in peace. No segregation as in Assiah and Gehenna. No prejudice.
How ironic. The same thing he wished for his brother Rin. No prejudice.
That everyone should accept Rin for what he is. A demon. A son of Satan.
But then again..
Did Assiah and Gehenna really have to be destroyed in order for this to come true?

"Nobody would've wanted this! Nobody - and especially not

mother!", the younger shouted unexpectedly, only to feel surprised at himself a second later. It seems he really did have an opinion about this, after all.
Satan had showed him. How everyone hated his and Rin's mother - Yuri Egin - for her ideals and kindness towards demons. 'Witch of the forest' they called her, and 'The woman bedeviled by demons'.

However, that did not shock Yukio the slightest. What did shock him however, was the fact that her compassion didn't even stop at Satan himself. No one before her ever dared wanting to understand Satan, the King of Gehenna. Yet, this brave woman that was his mother did not only confide in Satan, but also tamedhim. Yuri Egin tamed Satan.

"Yukio?", a familiar voice snapped the addressed back to reality. Yukio let out a small sound of wondering and looked at Rin.
"Nii-san.. I..", he tried to say.

"ENOUGH!", a low voice roared, interrupting the twins' conversation. Demon power was pulsing, almost like an earthquake. "The world I and your mother envision will be best for all. Don't you see it! Assiah and Gehenna will destroy each other if this goes on!"

"No matter what..", Rin uttered bitterly, "I won't let anyone die just because you have foolish ideals!"

"Nii-san is right! Peace through destruction is not true peace!", Yukio echoed.

With that, the two brothers rammed the Kurikara deeper into the Gate, causing it to ignite in blue flames and disintegrate slowly.

It was over.

The two brothers fell to the ground, not noticing their friends picking them up and transporting them away safely.

Okumura Yukio opened his eyes.

A hand was resting on his forhead. He tilted his head and smiled.

"Shiemi..", the boy said, barely audible. The girl smiled in return.
"Welcome back, Yuki-chan.", Shiemi replied lovingly.

"Yo.."

"Nii-san!", Yukio shouted almost worried.
"Calm down, you're not my mother. Four-eyes-chan.", the son of Satan grinned.

Yukio widened his eyes. Rin did not just say that. No. He didn't.
He growled slightly angrily, causing something that came from his asshole to rise up. Not to mention, his ears felt.. weird. As if they were sharpened up.

Rin covered his mouth with a hand to avoid bursting out of laughter. Shiemi giggled slightly at that scenery.
"What's so funny?", Yukio yelled grumpily, which made Rin laugh out loud.

"Yukio..", he tried to say. "Your.. tail.. and ears.. AHAHAHAHA!"
"Hn?" What the hell was Rin talking about.

Immediately, Yukio stood up and stepped to the mirror next to his bed. The sight he saw, however, was anything but pleasant.

He let out a scream of shock and rushed back in his bed. That caused Rin to laugh out more. Even Shiemi giggled.

„See? Now yer a demon too!"

Yukio didn't answer. Instead, he drifted back into his thoughts again. A demon. Yes. He had awakened. The bigger question, however, was: Did he like it? Or not? If yes, why exactly did he like it? Because he could get closer to Rin this way, understanding him after so many years? Would his friends, or the Vatican even, accept his demonic heritage? Could they truly be friends with another son of Satan? Moreover, could Yukio even call himself a son of Satan after so many years of being an exorcist? All these thoughts were floating in his mind right now.

„Rin, I think you hurt him.", Shiemi's saddened voice snapped Yukio back into reality. He still didn't answer.

To add even more paradoxes, he felt relieved. Yes, relieved. He, Okumura Yukio, felt relieved at the fact that he now was a demon.

He quickly turned his head to gaze at his elder brother Rin, smiling.

„It's okay, Nii-san.", he said. Rin smiled back. Which caused Shiemi to smile.

For the first time in their lives, the twins felt contented.

Six days had passed since that fateful incident that involved Yukio's awakening. The brothers returned to their normal lives. However, in reality it was anything but normal.

Classes at Cram school were the usual drill: Rin fell asleep during class while Yukio continued to lecture his students on Demonology, exorcism and whatnot.

But every time school was over, Rin and Yukio felt mistrustful gazes on them. Full of prejudice and agony.

Something was afoot.

They could sense it.

Mephisto monitored his younger brothers closely, always keeping an eye on them and the others. The truth was, they were not the only ones being glared at with suspicion. Mephisto noticed an increase of suspicious looks that he would normally get from Arthur Auguste Angel.

After that Gehenna Gate incident, chances were that the Vatican would become more paranoid than it already was. Especially with this new pope in charge.

„Aniue.", a slightly hollow voice interrupted the long silence in the principal's room. „Something's afoot."

Demonic instincts surely were troublesome. Mephisto had shut them all down the moment he had set foot on Assiah. However, it was all coming back to him now. If even Amaimon could sense something suspicious..

„What do we do?", Mephisto's emerald-haired brother inquired while licking on a lolipop.

„Nothing. There's nothing to worry about, Amaimon.", the elder replied masterfully. After all, he was in control of the situation. Or was he..?

„You bad liar.", Amaimon commented slightly annoyed. „Even you know little brothers are in danger."

Mephisto ignored that comment. Yes, monitoring the twins was definitely the smartest thing to do right now.

One day Rin and Yukio didn't show up in class, which was extremely odd.

Instead of them, Arthur Auguste Angel - the Paladin - and two other high-ranked exorcists entered the room and positioned themselves in front of the students with Angel standing in the middle.

„Where are Rin and Okumura-sensei?", Bon yelled, slamming his fist on the table. Shima and Konekomaru scolded him silently, signalising them to be quiet.

Shiemi had a bad feeling about this. Rin and Yukio never were sick and they had left the hospital a few days ago.

Suddenly, Angel pulled a small roll of parchment from his white jacket and opened it. The tingling feeling in everyone's minds had just strengthened.

„Hereby the Holy Roman-Catholic Church issues the imprisonment of the following subjects:

1. Okumura Rin, age 15

2. Okumura Yukio, age 15

The subjects are to be detained because of the fact that they are spawns of Satan.

Furthermore, Okumura Yukio is stripped of all his privileges of being an exorcist and is suspended with immediate effect.

The exact sentence is to be determined by the Grigori in a trial that will be held shortly."

No expression could describe the sheer horror and outrage in everyone's eyes.

~tsuzuku - to be continued~