A/N: This is probably a strange title for most of you, I actually forgot what Multifarious even means, but I put down what Ren is doing in the chapter, whether it's how he's feeling, what he's doing like scouring (which is another word for find or to look for) as the chapter names though with the other Author Notes I won't say what the chapter title means like I did in parenthesis for this one. Which most of Rens past in this story is similar to his past in Demon but Human which I will not repeat in any of the chapters.
I do not own Blue Exorcist and I don't want to if I did own it it would be horrible.
Chapter one: Scouring demon
Rins' POV
"What's this?" I asked myself when I opened the door to see a box on the steeple of the church, when I looked at who it was addressed to I was shocked it was a package for me a six year old 'demon child' as everyone calls me. I picked up the small box and used my dark blue pocket knife to open the small box to see a midnight blue book with a black bind and the words 'Demonic Flora' scrawled on the front of the book in a gold like material, I also noticed that there was a note on the package so I opened that as well.
- Son it is so good to know you opened the package I sent, I know Shiro or whoever his name is, sorry if I got his name wrong I never really saw what his name was, is taking good care of you. This a gift from myself for not being able to be there for you when you were bullied for protecting your brother, it's a book on flora near where I live. It's not really a specific place but most are where I once was or where you can find others who know where I am, you can find the places and write where you find them if you'd like, I wanted to give you this book because the flora contained in this book can be quite useful but most are dangerous so not many can know about them. I hope you and your brother will have a great rest of your lives for that is what I hope this book will improve your chances of.
Your father,
Satan
Well that's strange though that would not surprise me since I'm said to be a demon and Satan is basically the king of demons, oh well let's see what flora he said could help make my brother's life a lot easier as well as mine but I hope these flora will help him more than me. I opened the book to notice a few pictures of flowers that I noticed around areas that I think I heard were haunted, 'that definitely makes sense' I thought as I read the categories in order they were medical, cooking, increase, decrease, and deadly. 'Strange categories but he did say most of them were dangerous' I thought as I read the flowers affects and noticed that most parts of a single flower can be used for different things but still be in the same category and most of the other ones belong in multiple categories. 'I guess I should ask Shiro if I can borrow some money to buy a grinding bowl since most of these flowers uses require them to be grinded into a powder' I thought as I went down the hall to do just that.
"Old man?" I asked as I opened the door to Shiros' room where he's probably meditating or talking to the other monks of the monastery that I've called home since I was brought here with my brother by the old man. "Yes Rin what is it?" I heard him say when he lifted his head from a shrine of I think my mother, but I can't remember, I do know what she looks like from something that happened last year at some point then but I got over the hate and hurt I felt towards my brother a month after it happened. "I was wondering if I could borrow money for a grinding bowl unless you already have one that is?" I asked him, he seemed shocked by my question so I elaborated more on what I asked "I received a book on types of flowers and I remember seeing them someplace outside of the village, the flowers can be used for many things but most can't be used unless you grind them into a powder so I was wondering if I could have one to test the book out?" I asked again.
"Oh, what book?" he asked me seeming surprised still but he seemed to relax a bit "um, don't know if I should tell you since most of the flowers are dangerous or can be used to make a weapon and the person who sent the book to me said not to show anyone it since they could use it for something dangerous" I said he seemed to understand that part but he also seemed a little worried that I didn't tell him who sent the package and because I said most the flowers are dangerous. "I'll get you the grinding bowl, I'm pretty sure I have one somewhere… ah here it is" I heard him say as he handed me a coal black grinding bowl that seemed to have streaks of blue that sparkled when the light hit them. "Thank you old man" I said as I headed out the door and towards the kitchen to put the bowl in a secret cabinet in the floor that I found not long ago. After I put the bowl in the floor I told Shiro I was going to pick some of the flowers from the book, but before I left I remembered something about one of the flowers being deadly when it comes in contact with skin or when you consume it, 'I guess I have to grab my leather gloves, black boots, dark blue jacket and put on some jeans as well as a bag or basket for the flowers so I don't accidently touch a Mortiphia I think it's called' I thought as I went to do just that.
I put on some dark blue jeans, my blue jacket, and grabbed my black weaving basket that I made at a camp when I was three plus my black gloves before I headed out of my room and towards the door of the monastery to put my boots on so I can head out to the 'cursed manor' as people call it since I think I saw a Maromia there when I walked past it on my way home from school sometime last month. As I headed out the door I ran into something, most likely a person but I couldn't tell since I ran into it, "Rin what are you doing?" I heard Yukio say as he put his hands on my arms so I wouldn't fall from bumping into him, "I'm heading to pick up specific flowers to try them out" I said as I walked past my brother and out the door. "Wait I'm coming with you than" I heard him say as footsteps came closer behind me "if you want to get dead go right ahead but I don't want my little brother getting hurt" I said which was probably a mistake since he grabbed my arm to try to stop me from moving ahead.
"What do you mean dead? If you're gonna die you're not going" he said seeming very agitated with what I said though I don't really blame him he probably doesn't even know we're part demon, I sighed when I finally answered him "Mortiphia, one of the flowers I'm gonna try to find can kill someone or something instantly if it reaches the blood stream or if the stem makes contact with skin, I'm well covered in case I accidently brush it but you aren't, you don't have any gloves or jeans or even a jacket on which makes you more vulnerable to the flower" I said and he seemed to stiffen a bit at the words I said. "What does the flower look like?" he asked looking down a bit "it has silver petals, five to be exact, and a black stem that shows streaks of red in direct moonlight" I said making him look up at me again to say something "can I still come with you I'll just watch out for the flowers" he said seeming to be desperate now. "Ok you can come but here" I said as I threw my jacket at him after I took it off "what's this for?" he asked looking at it seeming confused for a moment "just in case you run into one on accident it can turn into jeans if you turn inside out" I said to answer his question, 'why else would I give it to him?' I asked in my head when I turned around.
"Why are we walking through the woods brother?" Yukio asked me as we walked down a trail towards the manor "this is the road I normally take to school so I won't have to see the jerks that maim pigeons and anything else that they think are pests" I said as I jumped over a fallen tree 'when did that happen?' I thought before I looked towards where the stump of the tree should be and saw that the stump wasn't there and the ending of the trunk has scorch marks on it. "Rin what are you looking at?" I heard Yukio ask me as he tried to climb over the tree 'shoot how did I forget that the tree is bigger than Yukio can climb over' I thought as I helped him over the trunk "sorry brother, I forgot that the tree might have been a little too big for you to climb over by yourself" I said bowing my head slightly towards my little brother. "Its fine Rin, it's no big deal, now where's the place you saw one of the flowers?" he asked smiling at me as he did so "over here" I said as I lifted up a branch to reveal a medium to large manor
The area surrounding the manor seems to have abnormal day times since it's always dark with a moon in the sky though there is sometimes a difference in the sky depending on the time the stars would be kind of like a clock since every hour the stars change into that hour's constellation and the moon would change its phase to either full or new depending on whether it's p.m. or a.m. "Brother why is it night time? And how are we gonna know when to start heading home if it's dark out?" my brother asked tugging on my shirt like he did when he was younger, "do you see the moon right now brother?" I asked him wanting to see if he can guess what I mean by that. He looked up at the sky and seemed a bit shocked when he noticed there wasn't one "why isn't there a moon brother?" he asked me I smiled at him because there was it was just a new moon instead of any of its other phases "there is a moon it's just a new moon, a new moon shows that it's the afternoon when it's a full moon it's morning, can you see any stars?" I asked him to see if he notices how we can tell what hour it is. "Yes I can see stars, what constellation are they in? I don't think I've seen that constellation before" he asked and I smiled again "the stars change their pattern depending on the hour of day, the sky just like outside this atmosphere shows what time of day not just by the moon and sun but the moon and stars" I said as I kept walking and brother followed.
I walked along the edge of the manor after me and my brother split up to look for flowers I told him to look out for the Mortiphia and to not try any of the flowers since most are deadly after they hit the bloodstream, I headed to the place I saw a lot of red and black flowers that I think was a Maromia but before I reached the place I saw the flowers at I heard a scream. "Oh please no, Yukio are you ok!" I yelled towards the direction I think Yukio went "Ren!" I heard him yell back "I'm coming Yukio" I said as I started running hoping one of those stupid creatures isn't touching my little brother "hey get away from him!" I yelled towards the thing that was walking towards my brother whose back was already against the wall. "I don't want anyone back here I was sleeping and that kid woke me up" I heard the thing say "so what, it's not like he meant it and are you the one that blocked the path to get here?" I asked the thing and noticed that he seemed surprised "how can you understand me?" it said at the same time my brother asked a similar question "how can you understand that thing? whatever it is" is what my brother had said "I don't know at all what you mean it sounds like Japanese to me not any other language" I said tching after I said it.
"You must be a demon if you can understand me only demons can understand other demons" it had said which surprised me a bit that he actually was speaking a different language and I just now noticed, his voice sounded probably more like this 'je ne desire pas personne derriere ici, je me suis repose et que enfant m'a revieller' "I think you're right since of who my father is, but I'm more human than what you are so leave my brother alone" I said. The Gehenna hound I think it was called left to find another place to sleep as I helped my little brother off the ground "how did you not see a giant hound in front of you brother?" I asked him as I walked with him back home since the stars were in the constellation of a five 'we've been out here for around two hours, at least I got a few flowers from the book but it isn't many' I thought as we walked towards the forest to head home.
"Sorry I could only find this flower brother" I heard Yukio say as he handed me an Atomilla "that's fine little brother I could use this when we get older or when father needs it" I said as we walked down the path in the woods back to the monastery but before I let Yukio try to climb over the tree again "wait Yukio, I'll move this tree in case others want to walk down this path to, though that's highly unlikely" I said as I moved over to the edge of the tree and noticed some Greenmen I think they're called waving at me most likely to get my attention "we'll pull up a new stump for the tree as you put it back where you think it was before the Salamander burned it down" the Greenmen said as I lifted the tree to put it where I thought it was before the demon burned it.
After a while we made it to the monastery and were greeted back by the keepers "Rin Yukio you're back, we're having takuyaki for dinner and it's almost done so you came back right on time" I heard Shiro yell from the kitchen as we walked into the living space of the monastery. "Yes old man we're back and I got a few flowers but not many" I said sadly "why were you picking flowers? are you a little girl or something?" the keepers asked laughing while Yukio and I sat down at the table "and are you guys stereotypes?" I asked glaring at them seeming to make them be quiet.
"Now that I think about it didn't the old man say that the takoyaki would be ready soon, he can't cook so why would he say that?" I asked the keepers who were still laughing but only more discreetly, "yea he did, wait... Shiro!" one of the keepers with brown hair and glasses yelled from his spot at the table "yes?" the old man had yelled back seeming a bit worried yet still cheerful. "Are you cooking the takuyaki or are you just calling a store for a drop off?" the other one with brown hair asked looking over the back of his chair because it was facing away from the kitchen doors.
I started walking to the doors of the kitchen and opened them with the black basket still in my hand and saw that the pot meant for lobster was on fire and the fire alarm was disabled and broken on the floor of the kitchen near the stove "are you serious old man!" I yelled as I went over to the stove to help him out 'are they all useless in a kitchen?' I asked myself before I even reached the stove. I moved the dial down so the heat used would lower and the fire would do the same thing, surprisingly enough the fire did go out and it only took two to five minutes for that to work which surprised me more than it probably should've.
A/N: I don't really know how to end this chapter so I'll stop here since he's done scouring for something namely demonic flora, so that's all, I hope you all like this story or at least enough to want to continue reading or to not hate me for it.
Most of actual language the demon spoke I knew by the way since I was in French 2 when I wrote this, the rest I searched on google translate which I'm pretty sure is wrong.
If anyone has complaints please review, when I read the rules I said in my head "why would anyone be bothered by complaints on their story? You can't change someones mind once they make it up, plus it shouldn't matter whether others think it's a bad story idea just as long as others like it"