A/N: This does show not belong to me. It belongs to the original writer/creators

Chapter 1: Acceptance

They watched as Rin slept peacefully, head laying on his crossed arms, hair getting in his face, steady, soft breathes, and his black tail swinging lazily behind him. Ever since the Impure King incident, all of them (Rin, Bon, Izumo, Shiemi, Shima, and Konekomaru) have all gotten closer.

At first they were scared, scared of him because of his heritage, because of his blue flames. The fear quickly dissolved into dust when they realized that it's Rin, so their fear turned into hate, but they could never truly hate him, Rin was their friend, their childish, energetic friend, so no the hate went away. Instead it was replaced by anger.

They were angry at him, not because of what or who he was (no never for that, they cherished him to much for that), but because he didn't trust them enough to tell them. They were so angry (even Shiemi and Komaru, hard to imagine isn't it) that he felt like he couldn't tell them. After all weren't they friends? Why didn't he trust them enough to tell them the truth.

When they learned why it felt like getting stabbed in the heart. They saw the worry in his eyes, the heart renching accpetince that they were going to hate him, and the childish fear when they found out who he was. But the worst part was that they didn't understand why he was afraid, why he thought they were going to hate him. And it wasn't until they talked to Yukio after class that they realized why.

Flashback

They watched as Rin left the class, his shoulders slumped and posture tired. When they were sure he couldn't hear them, they approached Yukio, who was still packing up his stuff. He didn't seem suprised in the slightest to see them.

Before they could say anything he had said,"You want to know about Rin, don't you." It wasn't a question, but more of a fact and they could only nod in responce.

Sighing Yukio told them to sit down while he leaned on his desk, arms crossed, looking at them with a faraway look in his eyes. His tone nostalgic and somewhat sad,"Rin was always the trouble maker. When we were kids he would always do something that would get him into trouble. He has a kind heart and would help anyone who needed it. Because of this when he saw someone in trouble, manly me as I'm not like I am now, he would act violently. This resulted in him being called a 'monster' or 'demon child'and many other names. After one particular incident father had a talk with him and while he still acted how he does now it became more subdued.

"We lived in a bad neighborhood, as you could call it. And Rin practically grew up in the worst parts of it. Many nights he would come home all bloody or with a broken bone. No matter how much we tried neither father or I could get him to tell us what happened. I, however, found out one day while me and Rin were out getting some food. Turns out Rin has a certain street name. They called him "Devils Child'" He smiled."Ironic I know.

"But being how he was people didn't really take kindly to him and therefore he's never had friends before." He looked at them curiously."Well now except all of you. But Rin didn't seem to mind the loss of friends, but I could tell how much he wanted some.

"You all have seen how much of a people person Rin is, how much he likes being around different people, making new friends. So I saw how much it pained him for everyone to shun him because of who he was."

He sighed, and for the first time they saw how tired Yukio looked, but before they could say anything he was speaking again,"When you all found out about who he was, especially his flames, he was scared because the five of you have become his friends, one of the firsts he's ever had. And he was scared that if you found out you would hate him, and he would be alone again."

Before they could reply Yukio had grabbed his stuff and left, but not without one last reply to them.

"All his life Rin has only ever wanted people who accepted him for who he is. Don't let his already fragile heart break just because of your own fear and hatred towards someone that Rin barley even knows."

Flashback End

Every day Yukio's words played in their heads over and over again. They were still angry at him, but when they saw a small contented smile cross his sleeping face, they new what they were going to do.

When the bell rang Rin had jumped awake and blinking sleepily he made to get his stuff together when Shiemi stood in front of him holding out his sword, smiling her small friendly smile, the others standing behind her with Bon holding his bag.

Shiemi's sweet voice said,"Come on Rin let's go to class." He took his sword and stood up, Bon handing him his stuff, before following them out of the classroom, a big smile on his face as he argued with Bon as the others were laughing at them.

They didn't see Yukio's small smile of understanding he gave them as they walked out, listening to their laughing as they walked down the hall to their next class.

A/N:This is only the first chapter, I have more planned, BUT, I won't publish unless you guys want me to. Let me know what you think.

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HobbitLord