Disclaimer: I do not own Blue Exorcist!

After reading multiple "Rin is a girl" stories… I felt the urge to write one. So here it is!

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

Emphasis

~X~

Rin Okumura cursed and skillfully maneuvered out of the way to dodge the incoming fist. She then stepped forward, moving in fast, and punched the pale-haired boy in the face. He went flying back, slamming into the ground and hitting his head off the chain-link fence behind him. His annoying friend's immediately flocked to the pale-haired boy's side to help, glaring up at Rin while also looking frightened.

"You're a demon or something!" The one on the right shouted, his voice trembling.

"You've got to be kidding me!" The other jackass on the left shouted. Together, they helped their pale-haired friend to his feet and began to take off as quickly as they could. "Let's get the fuck out of here!"

Rin glared furiously at their retreating figures. She used her sleeve to wipe away some of the blood at the side of her head from where she'd been slammed into the ground. 'Demon…' Rin thought in annoyance. 'What the hell are they talking about? Those bastards are more demonic than me?'

Rin looked down at the ground. It was covered in feathers and blood. 'Assholes…' She thought furiously, clenching her fists… only to wince in pain.

She lifted her hands to look at them. Her hands were covered in scratches and her knuckles were split and bleeding. Her hands were shaking slightly from the dull throbbing pain of repeatedly hitting those jerk-faces.

"I did it again…" Rin murmured out loud, shaking her head and messing up her already messy, long, blue-blackish hair. Father Fujimoto and the others were going to be disappointed with her… again.

A remaining, and lucky to be alive, pigeon flew past Rin and into the air. Rin's intense, cobalt-blue eyes followed the bird, watching as it flew away into the sky.

'What the hell am I doing…?'

~X~

'Oh my… this is torture…' Rin sighed in annoyance, leaning against her hand as she listened to Father Fujimoto go on and on from the other side of the confessional booth.

"… confess your sins and say your prayers." Father Fujimoto spoke.

"I didn't do anything bad…" Rin grumbled in annoyance.

"Then what's with those wounds."

"I fell down the stairs. You know me… I'm very clumsy."

"Your back is dirty, too."

"Well… it was quite a fall."

"And why was your head bleeding?"

Rin bit her lip and added on to her already-massive lie. "You see… when I tripped down the stairs… I landed on top of this really, really hot guy and smashed my head off his nose and well –"

Suddenly, Father Fujimoto jumped out of his side of the confessional booth and reached into Rin's, pulling her out and locking his arm around her shoulders to hold her against his side. He grinded his knuckles down on the top of her head, giving her a serious noogie.

"Liar!" He shouted.

Rin struggled against him, trying to pull herself free from him. But Father Fujimoto only tightened his grip on her.

"You got into a fight again, didn't you?! Why do you always do these things?!"

"Let go, stupid old fart!" Rin complained, still attempting to get free.

Finally, Father Fujimoto released his grip on Rin and she fell to the ground. She watched as he crossed his arms and turned away from her.

"I got a call from your part-time job earlier." He informed Rin, still not looking at her. "They said that they don't need someone who doesn't come back after a delivery."

Rin huffed and looked to the side, blushing a little bit in embarrassment. "You're saying that as if someone like me could do a decent job to begin with."

"Don't act like a spoiled brat!"

Rin looked back to Father Fujimoto. He was looking over his shoulder at her and saying, "One day you'll leave this monastery and make your own living!" He pointed to himself. "It's my duty as your guardian to make you ready for that! Or are you planning on staying and living here for the rest of your life?"

Rin crossed her arms stubbornly. "Who'd want to do that?"

"Father!" Yukio said as he approached Father Fujimoto from behind, looking all perfect in his beige cardigan. "I'm finished with getting all ready for moving. Now I only actually have to move the stuff."

Father Fujimoto nodded his head. "Good job."

Yukio looked over to Rin. "Welcome back, sister." He greeted his older sister. "Did you get into another fight?"

"Shut up."

"Even though they're twins, they're totally different." One of the priests, Izumi, commented as he was washing the windows. Rin gaped and turned around to looking at him, her blush getting worse.

"The younger one, Yukio, is an athletic genius with amazing grades… and this spring, he easily got into the True Cross Academy High School division." Another priest, Kyodo, joined in.

"And the older sister only causes trouble." Izumi added, laughing a little. "Hey, Rin, if only you had just a fraction of your little brother's virtues."

Rin clenched her fists and finally snapped, "Shut the fuck up!"

The heater in the middle of church suddenly blew up, the cap from the top of it flying across the room to land in front of Father Fujimoto. He quickly picked it up and rushed over to the now-broken heater. "I really need to buy a new heater…" He said casually, as he kneeled down beside it to examine it.

"Reverend Fujimoto," Nagamoto said, walking up to the kneeling Fujimoto, "you have a guest."

Fujimoto rose to his feet, nodding his head. He looked over at Izumi and Kyodo. "Clean this up before the service!" He told them as he began walking away with Nagamoto.

Rin turned her head, watching Fujimoto walk away.

"And Yukio… treat your sister's wounds." Fujimoto added before he left with Nagamoto.

Yukio nodded his head and looked at his older sister. "Come, sister."

~X~

"It stings!" Rin complained, gritting her teeth and fidgeting around. She was sitting on top of the table and Yukio was seated in a chair in front of her, dabbing some sort of medicine on her knuckles. Her cheeks had bandages on them.

Against one of the walls, Rin noticed some boxes with Yukio's name on them. "So… you really are moving into the dorm." She said, trying to keep the disappointment out of her voice.

"Yeah, school starts next week." Yukio said without even looking up at his sister. "After fifteen years, it's time to leave this monastery."

Rin smiled sadly. "So… this is the last time you'll treat my wounds?"

"If I become a doctor, I'll help you anytime." Yukio informed her, cutting off a bandage he wrapped around Rin's fingers. "If you pay fees, that is."

"Your dream is to become a doc, right?" Rin grinned as she examined her bandaged fingers. "Keep up the good work! I'm sure you can do it!"

"Don't forget about the fees." Yukio reminded her, closing the medical kit. "You'll be all right without me around, right?"

Rin huffed. "You aren't going to scold me, too, are you?"

Yukio sighed. "I'm just worried, sister. And it's not just me." He informed her. "Father and the others are worried, too. You get into fights every day and you lose your jobs so quickly."

Rin bit her lip and looked away, refusing to cry. "I'm worried about it, too." She admitted softly. "I should be growing up. But…" Rin trailed off, her mind wondering to earlier this morning.

She'd just gotten so angry when she'd seen that pale-haired bastard, Shiratori or whatever his name was, shooting at the innocent pigeons. Her blood had just boiled and before she even knew it, she had run across the park to punch him in the face…

"It might be a test for you." Yukio said suddenly.

"From who?" Rin said grumpily. What the hell was her younger brother talking about?

Yukio looked up at Rin, smiling. "God,"

"You're more and more like the old man." Rin rolled her eyes.

"Ah, there she is."

Rin looked up to see Izumi and Maruta – another priest – standing in the doorway. They were both smiling at Rin and Maruta was holding up a flyer of some sort.

"Yes?" Rin said curiously.

"They're looking for part-timers in the Southern Cross Mall." Maruta informed Rin, moving the flyer closer to her so she could read it.

Rin leaned in, reading it over. "A part-time job…?"

Izumi nodded his head and said, "We called them, and they were like, 'come right away for the interview.'"

"Why did you call them without asking me?!" Rin exclaimed. She wasn't ready for a sudden interview!

"Just go on." Kyodo spoke up, looking at Rin. "And make sure you wear something nice. Like a dress or a skirt."

Rin blushed. "Why should I have to wear a… dress or skirt for a part-time job interview?"

"You just have to." Izumi said. He moved towards Rin and pulled her off the table. "Makes a good impression,"

"Here's a map and your CV. Just make sure to add your photo there." Maruta said, handing Rin both items and pointing out where to put her photo.

Yukio smiled as he watched this. "Sister…"

"I've no choice." She said while still blushing, running a hand through her still-messy hair.

Izumi began gently pushing Rin out of the room. "Go, go." He told her. "You need to get ready."

"Okay, okay." Rin said, leaving the room.

Yukio called after her, "Remember to brush your hair!"

"SHUT UP!"

~X~

Rin grumbled and muttered under her breath as she unsteadily walked down the hall. She was wearing a pretty, flowing blue dress and a cardigan with white tights and heels. 'I hate wearing heels!'

As she walked down the hall, Rin attempted to weave the blue ribbons Fujimoto had given her for her thirteenth birthday into her hair. After a few unsuccessful tries, Rin admitted defeat and tied the blue ribbons around her wrist, scowling.

"Thank you for your help."

Rin stopped walking by an open window when she heard someone speaking. She looked up and outside the window to see Father Fujimoto standing by the outside gates with a woman and her child.

"You don't mind that. Don't worry about it." Fujimoto's voice drifted over to Rin's ears. Rin watched as her Father knelt down and placed his hand on the little girl's head. "You should be happy. You have your parents watching over you."

The little girl just stared at Fujimoto.

"If you have problems, ask your Mommy and Daddy for help. And if they can't help, then come asking us, the Exorcists." He told the little girl.

Rin exited the building as the woman once again bowed to Fujimoto. He waved at them while smiling as the mother and daughter walked away down the street.

"It must be hard… to be an Exorcist." Rin said, walking up behind Father Fujimoto. He turned to look at her. "You have to get rid of things that don't even exist."

"Demons do exist, in our hearts." Fujimoto crossed his arms.

"Lie." Rin said, shaking her head.

Fujimoto took notice of what Rin was wearing. "By the way, what's with the get-up?"

"Everyone insisted on me going to an interview, and they all said I had to get all dressed up and such." Rin explained, sounding embarrassed. And she was. She liked wearing sweat pants and such.

Fujimoto gestured to the ribbons tied around her wrist. "And the ribbons are for…?"

"I…" Rin mumbled the rest of her sentence.

"What was that?" Fujimoto said, leaning forward while grinning.

"I said… I couldn't properly tie them into my hair!" Rin shouted, blushing madly.

Fujimoto laughed and untied the ribbons from Rin's wrist. "Let me do it."

Rin turned around and waited patiently as Fujimoto tied the blue ribbons into Rin's hair easily.

"I can't believe you know how to do this… it is so weird…" She muttered.

"When you are raising a girl, you learn things… And you look so pretty, pretending to play grow up." Fujimoto told her.

Rin narrowed her eyes. "W-what!" She exclaimed. "I am not pretending to be a grown up. I am one!"

"Grown-up? I can't see any grown-ups around?" Fujimoto pretended to look around. He then added, "You were so cute when you were little, going "Daddy, Daddy" all the time."

Rin blushed. "That was forever ago…" She said. "And right now, you're only embarrassing me!"

Fujimoto started laughing wildly.

"Hey!" Rin shouted.

Fujimoto placed his hand on Rin's hand and gently pushed her back. "If it's that embarrassing, then show me how much you've grown!"

"Don't look down on me." Rin huffed. She pointed her finger at Fujimoto. "I'll prove it to you! So open your eyes wide and look!"

Fujimoto simply said, "Rin… go to your interview."

"Shitty old man…" Rin mumbled as she walked away.

Fujimoto watched her go with a smile on his face.

~X~

"Rin Okumura, fifteen years old," Ms. Momoi said, examining Rin's CV. "You want to start working right after finishing middle school?" She then lowered it, looking at Rin.

Rin bit her lip. "I don't exactly like school…"

"You're very wrong if you think you can keep doing as you please in this world!" Ms. Momoi said sternly, waving Rin's paper around.

'Where did that come…?' Rin wondered.

Ms. Momoi stood up suddenly. "Put on that yellow apron and follow me!"

Rin quickly slipped on the yellow apron and followed Ms. Momoi out of the room. They headed towards a huge stack of boxes and stopped in front of it. Ms. Momoi placed her hands on her hips and faced Rin, grinning evilly at her.

"Line these up at the front of the store!" Ms. Momoi ordered.

"All of it?" Rin said, sweat dropping. There were so many boxes!

"Can't you do it?" There was an evil glint in Ms. Momoi's eyes.

"I can…"

Ms. Momoi nodded her head and walked away. The other workers looked on at Rin with pity. None of them thought she'd be able to even lift a single box…

"I've got this…" Rin said with determination. She'd always be abnormally strong for a girl, so she was sure she'd be able to do this. Rin headed over to the boxes and was able to easily lift up three or four at the same time. The other workers watched her with shocked expressions on their faces.

Rin quickly began transporting the multiple boxes from the back to the front. She worked efficiently and without waste.

Ms. Momoi turned around to see Rin running back and forth to get more boxes. She turned, rushed through the store to the front and came to a stop. She looked in surprise to see the stack of boxes at the front.

Rin rounded the corner happily. She was holding the last box. "Boss, this is the last one!"

However, Rin tripped and the box went flying through the air. The whole thing landed on top of Ms. Momoi, covering her with white powder.

And from there… the day only proceeded to get worse…

~X~

Rin sighed sadly and sat down, leaning against a wall. She'd dumped powder on Ms. Momoi… she'd broken the tap and water had splashed all over Ms. Momoi… and she'd crashed several carts into Ms. Momoi as well.

"I'm not fit for work after all…" Rin muttered tiredly.

"What's wrong, new girl?" One of the workers said, looking at Rin. She was standing at a little set-up table, cooking some noodles. "Cheer up!" The woman offered Rin some samples. "Here, have some!"

Rin got to her feet and reached for the sample. She took a bite and made a horrible face, gagging in disgust. "Jeez! This stuff is horrible!"

"I know… The boss bought a lot of it because it was cheap, but it is not selling."

"Can I try cooking it?" Rin asked.

"Sure," The woman said, moving out of the way.

Rin took over. Cooking… now this was something she knew how to do. She started cooking up a new batch of soba noodles, mixing in easy sauces and spices she'd knew would make the noodles taste far better.

"Come try it out!" Rin announced excitedly, once she'd gotten a crowd coming. "It's our new product… fired soba! Would you like some?"

"It's delicious!" A girl exclaimed happily.

"It smells delicious." Someone else shouted.

The crowd surrounding the table began to get excited as they all tried the fired soba noodles.

"The secret of the flavor is this sauce." Rin's co-worker said, holding up the sauce-bottle which Rin had used to spice up the noodles. "And for a final touch, some dried fish for topping!"

"I want some!"

"Me too! Me too!"

Ms. Momoi approached the table, stopping in front of Rin. Right away, Rin gulped, fearing that she'd messed up again. However, Ms. Momoi didn't say anything. Instead, she reached down and picked up a sample, trying the fried soba noodles for herself. Her eyes widened. "The staff meetings are at eight o'clock every morning." Ms. Momoi informed Rin before walking away, "Don't be late!"

"Huh?" Rin was shocked.

Rin's co-worker hit her on the back, saying, "You got the job! That's great, new girl!"

Rin's eyes lit up with happiness. She'd gotten the job… she'd actually gotten the job! "Yes!"

~X~

Ms. Momoi had let Rin go as the sky was darkening because the store wasn't busy. As Rin exited the store, she was grinning happily. Across from the store, she spotted a payphone and made her way over to it, whistling happily as she went.

Rin stepped into the payphone and inserted some money. She then dialed the number of the monastery, hoping that either Yukio or Fujimoto would pick up the phone. She couldn't wait to tell them!

Yukio picked up the phone on the second ring. "Hello? This is Yukio Okumura speaking."

"Hey, Yuki!" Rin exclaimed happily, using her old nickname for Yukio. She hadn't used it since she was little. "Guess what? I got the job!"

"What! You got the job! That's great news, sister!"

"Yeah, yeah. It is, isn't it?!"

"Again, sister, that's really great."

"Thank you!"

"I am so happy for you! I got some good news before leaving."

"Don't start crying now, Yuki."

"No tears here. I'm not crying."

Rin snorted, not believing it. She then heard the phone being taken from Yukio's hand.

"Come home already. Today we're having Yukio's farewell party, so we're making sukiyaki." Fujimoto told her.

"Ah, really! Sukiyaki is my favourite! I'll be there as quick as I can!" Rin said happily, and then she said goodbye and hung up the phone. She exited the phone booth, smiling like a fool.

"Stop! Give it back, please!"

Rin stopped and turned. She saw the little girl from the monastery with the short brown hair running through the parking lot of the store, chasing her pink scarf.

Quickly, Rin moved smoothly across the parking lot, catching the pink scarf in her hands. She leaned forward to give the scarf to the little girl, saying, "This is yours, right?"

The wind started blowing and Rin looked down, her eyes widening in shock. Something had appeared at the end of the scarf… it was a strange, monkey-looking thing.

And there was no way Rin was imagining it because the little girl could see it as well.

The monkey-thing yanked the scarf from Rin's hand and started running. Rin turned on her heel to chase after it. "Hey, wait!" She shouted, following the monkey. Rin tripped in her high heels, stumbling into a bin and knocking it over. Cursing in frustration, she kicked her heels off and scrambled to her feet, running into the store to follow the stupid monkey.

Rin chased it down the aisles of the store. No one else seemed to notice it! The monkey rounded a corner and so did Rin, accidently running into someone. "Excuse me! Sorry!"

'What is that thing?' Rin thought as she ran after it. 'It looks like a monkey… but I'm not sure…'

Rin turned a corner again into another aisle, knocking some things off the shelves. She looked up to see the little girl from outside standing at the end of the aisle in front of a stack of can-filled boxes.

The little monkey-thing jumped on top of the boxes, moving around wildly and causing the pile of boxes to sway dangerously. All the boxes fell, the cans going everywhere – it was all going to land right on the little girl.

"Oh, shit! Watch out!" Rin shouted. She dived forward and grabbed the little girl, rolling to make sure the little girl was underneath her and protected from all the cans.

People all around watched in horror. The little girl's mother pushed through the crowd and dropped to the ground next to her daughter, shouting, "Yui!"

Rin watched as the mother pulled the little girl – Yui – onto her lap. Her head was bleeding, but not as bad as Rin's. "Are you okay, Yui?! Yui?!"

~X~

Rin was swinging lightly back and forth, looking at the ground. 'How can I face them…?"

"You were here after all."

Rin dug the heels of her feet into the ground to stop swinging. Her high-heeled shoes were on the ground beside her.

"All the sukiyaki will be gone." Yukio told her. "Come on. Let's go home."

"Even…." Rin was whispering, "… if I went home, how could I look everyone in the eye?"

"What's wrong?"

Rin lowered her head even more. "I got fired." She said it bluntly. "'We don't need a berserk like that in the store.'"

"What happened?" Yukio asked, taking a step closer. His eyes widened a bit. "Why do you have blood on you, Rin?"

"I don't know what happened." Rin said, tightening her grip on the swing, completely ignoring Yukio's question about the blood. All she could remember was that stupid monkey-looking thing.

Yukio narrowed his eyes. "Don't say stuff like that! Everyone was so happy that you had a job!" He was beginning to shout. "Why are you so careless?! Explain it so we'll – so I will – understand!"

Rin finally looked up at Yukio, her anger taking over. "How can I explain something that I don't even understand myself?!"

"Sister?"

"Sorry…" Rin looked down at the ground again.

"Anyways, let's go home." Yukio told her. "Father is waiting."

Rin nodded her head, rising from the swing. She picked up her shoes and began following Yukio home. They walked in silence and didn't even look at one another, something which Rin was grateful for. She was just so ashamed of herself. She couldn't do anything right…

When they reached the monastery, entering the grounds, they saw Fujimoto standing out front with a man.

"Ah, you're back." He greeted them.

"Rin Okumura." The man said.

"Yes. That's me. Who's asking?" Rin said.

"I'm Yui's father." He turned to face Rin, revealing Yui who was clutching onto him. "Thank you for saving her."

Rin stopped in front of the man, looking at Yui. "How is she? Her wounds?"

"Thanks to you, just a few scratches,"

"That's good." Rin sighed in relief. At least she did one good thing today.

Yui's father looked down at his daughter. "She is always a careless child." He said. "She has a lot of accidents, falling down the stairs and tripping."

"That's not it!" Rin said, shaking her head. "She's not careless! She's being bullied. Getting her hair pulled and her stuff taken…"

Fujimoto looked at Rin. "Did you see it?"

Before Rin could answer, Yui's dad moved closer to her. "What was this person like?" He demanded to know.

"I've never seen anything like it before…" Rin began, not really knowing what to say or how to explain. She made hand gestures, as she attempted to explain. "Small, with a face like a monkey…"

"What?!" Yui's father looked angry. He began walking away, tugging Yui along with him.

"Where are you going?"

"I'm calling the school!" Yui's father said angrily. "I'll get them to punish the ones who bully Yui! Or else…"

Yui stopped, tugging on her father's arm. "That's not it!" She exclaimed. "It's not a human who bullies me! It's evil ghosts!"

Rin's eyes widened. Ghosts…

"In the night, they come to my room and torture me…" Yui whispered sadly. "Lately, even outside of my bedroom…"

"Yui's always had a lively and vivid imagination. Though, lately, she can't seem to separate reality from her imagination." Yui's father said.

Rin shook her head. "It is not imagination!"

"Huh?" Yui's father looked at Rin.

"Rin." Fujimoto said quietly, trying to stop her before she continued.

"Why can't you believe her?" Rin continued, ignoring Father Fujimoto. "If her parents don't believe her, who could she depend on?! Do it better –"

Fujimoto smacked Rin in the back of the head, effectively shutting her up. He then walked past her, straight to Yui. Fujimoto kneeled down in front of Yui, pulling something out of his pocket and handing it to her. "It's a four-leaf clover charm. It should protect you." He explained.

Yui took it from Father Fujimoto. "Thank you."

Fujimoto looked up at her father. "Don't blame her, please." He said. "She depends on you, her parents, the most.

"Let's go home, Yui." He told his daughter, though softly. Together, the father and daughter left, holding hands.

"What's with that? Did he actually accept that?" Rin said, rubbing her head.

"You're a thousand years too early to scold others!" Fujimoto said, turning around to look at Rin. "Also, Rin, you're forbidden to go out for a while!"

Rin gaped at Fujimoto. "Huh? Why?"

Fujimoto pulled out a sheet of paper from his pocket, walking over to Rin and showing her it. "The boss from that shop came by earlier with this." He said. "It's a demand for repayment for all the shop equipment you destroyed!"

"What's with this?!" Rin exclaimed, reading it over. She hadn't really destroyed that much… had she?

"Rin! No sukiyaki for you tonight!"

"What! No!"

But she was ignored. Sadly, she followed Fujimoto and Yukio inside, pouting the whole way…

~X~

The next morning, the sun was shining brightly through Rin's bedroom window and the birds were chirping happily. Rin sat up tiredly, rubbing her shoulder and yawning. She noticed something on the desk and got to her feet, heading over to it. It was a letter from Yukio.

Rin,

My stuff I sent yesterday will be arriving in the morning, so I have to leave early.

Take care.

P.S.: Don't make Father worry any more.

Yukio

"Heartless." Rin muttered, running a hand through her messy hair. She headed over to the window, opening the curtains to let in the morning sun… or well, afternoon sun. "At least say goodbye…"

Rin's eyes widened in utter shock as she looked out the window, gasping, "What the -?!"

There were millions of small black-rounded creatures flying through the skies. Moving quickly, Rin pulled on a pair of black pants, a simple t-shirt, and a blue hoodie. She then grabbed her shoes and headed outside.

"What are these things? Are they Bugs?" Rin said, heading over to the gate entrance of the monastery. She watched as people walked back and forth, not even taking notice of the bugs.

'How come no one else can see them?'

"Hey, Okumura-chan!"

Rin looked over to see the pale-haired boy – Reiji Shiratori – from yesterday. Standing behind him was his idiotic gang.

"Are you free for now?" He questioned arrogantly, if that was even possible.

Rin moved to walk, but stopped, Fujimoto's words ringing throughout her mind…

"You're forbidden to go out for a while!"

"Are you scared, Okumura-chan?" One of Shiratori's lackeys taunted.

"Do you want to hide under your mommy's skirt?" Another one said, grinning.

They all laughed.

'That's it!' Rin thought angrily, taking a step over to them to follow them.

~X~

They were standing in a disgusting area. It was sort of underneath a ramp bridge for cars and it was all dirty and fenced off.

"Sorry about yesterday." Shiratori was saying. He was looking insane. "We were just playing with the pigeons, but my hand acted on its own…"

Rin was staring at him. 'What is wrong with him?'

"How much should we pay?"

Rin recoiled. "Huh?"

"You know, my parents are kinda famous and I'll probably get into True Cross Academy." Shiratori bragged. He raised a hand, looking casual. "It'd be a bother if rumors started to spread."

"You're going to the same school as Yukio." Rin didn't believe it. "That must be a bother…"

"Yep. So hold your mouth. We'll pay up." He leaned forward tauntingly. "So we'll both keep silent, okay?"

"Huh? That was all you wanted." Rin said. She turned away. "I don't need – or want – your money. And I won't say a word." She began walking away. "Now, sorry… I've got better things to do."

"Are you trying to play cool?" Shiratori was laughing. "Seriously, get honest with yourself! You're so poor you couldn't even get into a proper school." He pulled out some money. "Take it. Your brother Yukio worked his ass off and got in the school with a scholarship, right?" He was now waving the money back and forth. "So he borrows! So pitiful! He can't even pay his fee –"

Rin lost it. She rushed forward, punching Shiratori in the face. "You can badmouth me as much as you want, but don't you dare say a word about my brother!"

"That hurt…" Shiratori growled. He was kneeling, holding a hand to the cheek Rin had just punched. "You went too far!" He roared the last part, looking angrily at Rin with a mouthful of sharp canine teeth.

The little black things surrounding him began to go wild. His nails started sharpening dangerously, growing longer and longer. Horns were growing out of the top of his head and a tail formed suddenly, moving back and forth furiously.

'Huh? He's not human?' Rin thought, her eyes wide.

His gang-member friends grabbed Rin from behind, forcing her to the ground. They were all using their body strength to keep her down so she couldn't move.

"Really smooth there, dumbasses!" Rin shouted. She was struggling to get out even though she knew it was pointless. She may know martial arts, but even she couldn't get out of this one. "You can't just attack a girl while she's not looking, ya shits!"

They all just laughed.

Rin looked to Shiratori, who was growling.

'Why can't they see…?'

"Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, huh…" Shiratori said. He was on his feet, reaching for a metal pole which had been sitting in a metal can with a fire going on inside. He walked towards Rin with the pole. One end of it was blazing red with heat. "I'll let you enjoy my pain a few times more!"

"It's enough, Shiratori. If you go any further…." One of guys said nervously.

"Shut up!" He roared angrily, kicking the guy in the face, sending him crashing into the ground. Shiratori then reached down and grabbed a fistful of Rin's hair. He lifted her head up, getting the burning hot pole ready. "Where should I burn you? Your nose? Your mouth? Or your eyes?"

'He's really…' Rin thought in horror. She wanted to look away, but she couldn't because of the grip Shiratori held on her hair.

"Human barbecue!" Shiratori shouted crazily, laughing and sticking out a long, creepy tongue.

"Stop!" Rin shouted, struggling again. "STOP!"

Suddenly, a fire-like feeling went off in the pit of Rin's stomach. Her body seemed to get really hot and white-hot anger filled every part of Rin's mind. She watched with wide eyes as sudden blue-flames erupted from her and surrounded her. The gang members holding her down pulled away from her in horror, screaming in panic, trying to get away from Rin and her blue flames. Rin was shocked. She looked at her hands, wondering why the blue flames weren't burning her, and why they were swirling around her… filling her with a feeling of power.

'I'm covered in them… these blue flames…' Rin crawled to her knees, looking at her arms and legs. 'But it is not harming me…'

"Shit!"

"Run!"

The gang members scrambled to their feet. They all took off, leaving only Rin and Shiratori behind.

"Heh… those blue flames are the proof of Satan's offspring."

Rin looked up from the blue flames to see Shiratori walking towards her. "I wasn't mistaken after all." He was saying, confusing Rin. He kneeled down in front of Rin, looking her in the eyes. "My name is Astaroth. Shall we go, Young Mistress?" He stretched a hand out towards Rin, "Lord Satan waits for you."

"S-Satan?" Rin stuttered.

"Evil is in their hearts, Oh Lord," A familiar voice said.

Rin looked over to see Father Fujimoto walking over to them, still speaking, "Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors, give them after the work of their hands, render onto them to their reward. Thou shalt destroy them and shall not build them up."

"You… you're an Exorcist?!" Shiratori – no, Astaroth – growled at Fujimoto.

Fujimoto grinned. "Blessed be the Lord."

"Father…" Rin muttered.

"I shall seal that mouth of yours, so that you can't spout your curses!" Astaroth jumped to his feet, charging at Fujimoto.

Fujimoto stood there calmly. "You have heard my curse."

Astaroth took a strike at Fujimoto, but he calmly dodged it, saying, "The Lord is my helper," he grabbed Astaroth's wrist, flipping him to the ground, "and my protector. Thou shalt perish!" He pointed to fingers at Astaroth, watching as tons of black smoke began shooting out of his mouth while he screamed.

Once the black smoke finished leaving his mouth, he fell to the ground, knocked out. The horns were gone from his head and his sharp claws retreated, becoming normal.

"Are you okay?" Fujimoto asked Rin, looking at her.

"I-I….." Rin couldn't form any words. She was gasping in panic, clawing at her arms, trying to get rid of the blue flames.

Fujimoto took a step towards Rin but stopped when she flinched, scrambling back in panic. "Rin…" He said, his voice calm and collected but also serious. "You must calm down. Panicking will not do you any good."

Rin nodded her head, locked her hands together, and closed her eyes. She bean breathing in and out slowly, counting to ten in her head. After she felt calm enough, Rin reopened her eyes, looking directly at Fujimoto.

"I-is… w-what about h-him? Is he…. Okay?" Rin asked, gesturing to Shiratori. Yes, the guy may've just tried to kill her, but Rin wasn't heartless.

"The demon has left him. He should wake up later." Fujimoto said carefully, eyeing Rin as though he was worried she'd have a full-blown panic attack.

"Demon?"

"You can see them now too, right?" Fujimoto said, blowing one of the black bug-like things away from him.

"This is…" Rin started, brushing them away from her and pulling one out of her hair. They were a little annoying.

"The Coal Tar hangs onto dust, and gathers around dark places and evil humans." Fujimoto explained for Rin. "This world consists of two dimensions that face each other like mirrors. One is our material world, Assiah. The other is the nothingness of demons, Gehenna." He was looking directly at Rin, his expression serious. "These two worlds are separate and they're not supposed to interact at all. But they – the demons – possess the material of this world and interact with it. Now stand, Rin. This incident has revealed the truth about you."

Rin didn't move – she couldn't make herself move. She just continued to stare at Fujimoto, listening to him.

"There will be those who'll come to hunt you down. You must hide before that."

"Wait a sec, I don't get it!" Rin shouted, digging her nails into her palm. "Demons? What are they? What am I?"

"You are not human." Fujimoto told her the truth, bluntly.

Rin's eyes widened even more.

"You are the child of a demon, born of a human." Fujimoto continued.

Rin was gasping, nearly on the verge of hysteria again. She looked around, seeing many things coming out of the corners and darkness… creepy things, that is. They were all taking form, looking dangerous and giving off dangerous vibes.

"And not just any old demon, either." Fujimoto reached forward, grabbing Rin's arm and pulling her to her feet, steadying her. "The demon among demons, the evil god, Satan's child…"

All Rin could do was look at Fujimoto in horror.

'T-this… N-no way…!'

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Soooooo…. That is the first chapter! Hope you all liked it! I cut out all the little cut scenes where it went to somewhere without Rin!

Sorry for any stupid grammar mistakes. Please review!