Full Summary:
Complete AU. Rin Okumara- delinquent, gang leader, and constantly on the run from the police for his crimes- they range from littering to leading riots, destroying and robbing shops. When he finally gets caught, theres only one person his adopted father Shiro Fujimoto can call upon to be his lawyer- the eccentric and slightly creepy Mephisto Pheles. Can Rin resist the urge to punch his lawyer in the face and actually get saved from prison? Will he get put in prison, because he could not cooporate? Will he befriend Mephisto? Or maybe, more horrifying... will they become more than friends?
Man, this is turning out to a very AU-ey story. I had originally planned it not to be so... well, I had originally planned it to be at least somewhat similar to the original story! But then I went 'fuck it, I can't name a single proper AU for Mephisto X Rin, Imma write one.' So here we are. Btw, this faintly has Yukio X Shiemi, just in case you don't like that.
-LET THE STORY COMMENCE-
"Hey Demon, I don't think we can get out of this..." Rin turned to the one who had spoken, Shima- or as the others knew him, 'Flame'. Only the gang leader knew their real names. Not a single one of them knew his name.
"Flame, just think of something then!" Rin had to concentrate on the now, not the then.
"But that's Brain's job!" Shima whined. By 'Brain' he meant Konekomaru, the codename given to him by Rin for obvious reasons(he was their strategist). Thinking of Brain's sweet and humble nature reminded Rin momentarily of his younger brother Yukio and his girlfriend Shiemi, but he shoved those thoughts away. They were in a crisis, for god's sake!
"Then shut up and let him do it." 'Fox'(Izumo) growled, "Plus, Mike and Uke won't follow my commands if they can't hear them 'cause you're blabbering on!"
Mike and Uke were her two arctic foxes. They had used to live in a nearby zoo as cubs, but one day the rhino at the zoo went on a ramage, freeing all the animals. Izumo took them in and trained them like dogs, taming them. (It's a crazy story I know, but ah well)
"I-I agree with Iz-er, I mean, Fox.." Macaroni - named that because she apparently 'just loved the way the word sounded' - said quietly. She was Paku, a girl who was only there really to make Izumo look better. Or at least, that's what Rin had originally thought, but after a few months of knowing the duo, he began to realise that they actually good friends.
"What'd you think, Bon?" Flame asked. It was quite ironic, really, that Bon's nickname was also Bon. His real name was Ryuji, but even his best friends outside the gang called him Bon, and the delinquent (Rin) wasn't clever enough to come up with anything but the mohawked boy's nickname for his codename. So there you go, Bon.
"I think we should all just shut up and let Brain think. Plus, if they come past and find us, they'll only come past because they hear me throttling the next person to speak if it isn't Konekomaru!" Bon growled loudly, turning away.
Flame was quite taken aback at this, but he shut up. Rin was happy- now he could focus on the situation before them.
One of their gangmembers, Hoodie, had turned out to be a police spy. Shit. And now Puppet wasn't anywhere to be seen - the two-tailed rat, he was probably off talking to that rabbit puppet he always carried, while here they were, in an inescapable situation! Rin paused. Best to calm down. Hoodie was gone too, so she was probably one of the police after them- that meant he knew her weaknesses. Good... At this point in time the five of them were huddled in an alleyway. Hoodie's reveal wasn't exactly anti-climactic, Rin thought, remembering what'd happened...
"Uh, Demon, I got a question..." Brain had moved toward his gang leader, glancing back at 'Hoodie'- otherwise known as Yamada, at least to Rin- as he did so.
"Yes, Brain?" Rin had growled. He'd been impatient. So far every time they'd tried to rob a shop the police had showed up just as they'd been going in. The last time they'd only just got out without being caught, by some miracle.
"Well... you know how the cops always come at the opportune moment?" Brain was now whispering, so Rin decided to do the same.
"Yeah, what about it?"
"I don't think it's just bad luck... Demon, I think there's a double agent." Rin stopped in his tracks. He turned to Brain, and pulled him away from the others, who were chatting so much they didn't notice.
"Do you have any idea who it is?" Rin was looking back at the group, paranoid.
"There's only one person it could be. Hoodie. They don't know anyone here. They're always there for the raids where the cops arrive, unlike Puppet. Any to top it off, we don't even know if they're a boy or a girl... Do you even know they're name?"
"Well, yes... But they refused to say anything but a first name. It could've been an alias. And she's a girl. Her voice sounded too feminine to be a boy. You've just never heard her speak."
"So, should we confront her?"
"I have a better idea." Rin was sure that his idea was probably a whole lot worse, but ah well. He leaped forward, standing before all his gang members.
"What's this all about, Demon?" Bon growled.
"Everyone... I believe that I built this gang on trust in others, did I not? Now, it's all good to trust your fellow gang members with their own secrets... But I believe that there's a special place in my heart for every single one of you. And if I can't see your face to picture it in my heart, then what's the point?"
As if on cue, Konekomaru pulled down Hoodie's hood. There were many gasps when he revealed a woman, a bit older than them, with red-and-yellow hair. She looked very... irritated, really. She got up and pulled the whole hoodie off, revealing a bikini top, a black denim jacket, and a white neckerchief-thing.
"Now, you kiddos aren't as stupid as I thought." She pulled a card out of her shorts pocket. She showed it to them.
"Shura Kirigakure, police officer for True Cross Police Station. Currently undercover on a mission to scope out a local gang and take them for sentencing. So kids, you gonna come the hard way or the easy way?" She asked, taking a step forward, showing a hidden purple-and-green sword(yes in this au police officers have guns and swords, if they don't in your country. not that they have either in my country, they're not even allowed guns in the UK!) which made Rin momentarily wonder where she'd kept it.
"Demon! W-What do we do?" Macaroni asked desperately. Fox was holding her hand. All the others looked up at Rin as well.
"Scatter and re-meet at... uh-um-Brain, help!" Rin couldn't think of any meeting place Shura didn't already know.
"Re-meet at the place we all first met Macaroni and Fox!" Brain cried, before darting off in one direction. All the others did the same, splitting before Shura could catch them.
As Rin ran, he thought of how genius Brain was- aside from Hoodie and Puppet, Macaroni and Fox were the newest members. Hoodie had no idea where they'd first all met, since she wasn't there then! Rin was already approaching the spot, and was relieved when he saw the flash of Shima's pink hair.
"Flame!" Rin hissed as he rounded the corner, before being embraced in a hug.
"Shit, Demon, what's happening to us? How did we even get so serious they need a police officer to be a double agent?!"
"I don't know, Flame..." In fact, Rin was being honest. They were just a little gang, and there was nothing big they'd really done wrong, apart from rioting... But even that didn't equate for a fucking double agent!
From that point, it'd really been a jumble of waiting for the others and celebrating the fact that they were all okay. Brain's voice brought him back to the present-
"The only way we can get out of this is.. to get home."
"What? But what if-" Bon began,
"We have phones, you idiots. If anything happens to any of you, just ring Brain. If something happens to Brain, he should ring Demon. Simple. Then they ring everyone else, and we come up with a new plan depending on our situation." Fox sighed, before pulling Macaroni with her to the other end of the alley. She left, Mike and Uke following dutifully behind her.
"Well, there's two gone. You three going together?"
"But that would leave you alone, Demon!" Brain squeaked, "That would be unfair!"
"Yeah!" Flame agreed.
"I guess so." Bon sighed.
"You guys, I really appreciate it, but the larger the group, the more likely you'll get caught. But, if I do happen to get caught..." He looked at the three in front of him. Which would be the best successor? Konekomaru was brainy, sure, but he didn't have the confidence to lead. Out. Shima was confident and charismatic. But then again, sometimes he didn't take things seriously. Out. Lastly, Bon. Bon was strong, confident, and clever. He may have bad people skills, but it'd have to do.
"If I get caught, Bon's the new leader. Got it?" They all nodded, before going off themselves. Rin let out a sigh of relief. He was alone. Whenever he was around the others, he seemed to be holding his breath, even though he only realised when they were gone.
Rin got up and checked the street was empty before going out and scurrying into the nearby park. From there he snatched a hoodie he found on the floor and pulled it on, making sure to keep the hood over his hair. Shura had probably described him as a black-haired 17-year-old boy, wearing a grey t-shirt and blue jeans. Jeans were too common for it to matter, and now he was wearing a black hoodie, so he could move around in the shadows with the added plus of being unrecognisable to anyone who hadn't actually seen him before. As long as he avoided Shura herself, he'd be fine.
He began to move toward the section of town where his house was. Suddenly he hear the unmistakable sound of Shura's boots along the sidewalk and he ducked into the nearest alleyway, without even caring to look in it.
He saw Shura pass by, two police officers on her tail, looking left and right. For one second Rin though his eyes met hers, his whole body freezing at the thought, but thankfully for him, he just strutted on. Rin let out his breath in a woosh.
He was alright... He had no idea such a feat would occur, to him of all people! He knew that now, he was safe. His guard was down, it didn't need to be up. He pulled down the hood of his hoodie and closed his eyes, thinking.
After a few moments of revelling in his sheer luck, Rin went out onto the empty streets once again. Only to feel a sword pressed against his neck.
"Gang Leader, otherwise known as Demon, you're under arrest for breaking and entering, rioting, littering, loitering, squating, graffiti," Rin listened as the man listen off his many, many crimes. Only petty ones, mind you, but Rin knew that a lot of little things add up to one big, bad thing- at least a year in prison.
"And last but not least, the murder of Michelle Neuhaus."
"WHAT?! I didn't do that!"