Ao no Exorcist

Garden of Eden; the Night Rain

AmaimonxOCxRin

Prequel:

The sky was dark and it was raining heavily. Although it was common for Gehenna to rain, it was unusual for the downpour to be so heavy and long lasting.

In the dark palace of Satan, the footsteps in the corridor were slow and heavy. Finally, the footsteps reached to a halt in front of the main chamber. The doors slowly opened, as if beckoning the owner of the footsteps, a man clad in flames, to enter.

'Did you manage to save your child?' The lord of Hell asked, his voice reverberating throughout the hall. Surprisingly, Satan's voice was gentle and kind, towards this certain brethren.

'Yes, my lord.' The man answered, his voice pained. He was Vulcan, the King of flames. In his warm arms, a baby girl was deeply asleep; she was only a mere few hours old, peacefully unaware of her surroundings. 'Unfortunately, my wife was unable to…' His voice cracked and the sentence trailed off to silence.

'Ah, I see.' Satan was able to sympathize with this man, for his human lover had died giving birth to the twins, Yukio and Rin. Satan himself might not have been fond of his half-demon children, but deep down inside, he had loved that woman, Yuri, deeply.

'My lord, please pardon for my impudence, I would like to bring up my child here in Gehenna.' Vulcan asked boldly, kneeling down to seek permission. 'It wouldn't be a nice environment, but as you wished.' Satan replied.

Back in his palace of fire, Vulcan looked at the child in his arms. 'For a child of mine, you were born in the midst of rain,' he laughed bitterly. 'My beloved child, you shall be named Amaya, the night rain.'

Amaya grew up into a beautiful child, her eyes were a light shade of brown, taking after her human mother. She had long wavy maroon hair that was always swept to the side. Her life in Gehenna was spent mostly in his father's palace. She was not widely accepted by the other demons in Gehenna for she is a half-demon. As such she was restricted by her father inside the palace and forbidden to explore the outer realms.

'Father, if I who was considered to be an impure child, why did Lord Satan allowed me to live?' Amaya stared at her father. This question had been on her mind sometimes, for she had always heard whispers and uncouth comments from the servants in the palace. She did not mind a single bit, as her father told loving stories about the mother she had never met and Amaya was proud of her. Amaya had to live her life proudly for this person who traded her life for her birth.

'Because our lord himself was in this situation before,' Vulcan answered, he couldn't help but think of how alike Satan and him were, both falling for mortal woman 'Our lord's child should be around the same age as you, my gem.' The news of Rin being Satan's half demon child was widespread in Gehenna, some demons yearning to kill him while some wants to bring him back as a King of Gehenna.

Amaya was surprised at this news and immediately she knew she wants to be friends with that boy who shared a seemingly same fate. 'Unfortunately, the Lord's child is not in Gehenna. In truth, half-demons in Assiah are more common.' Vulcan smiled, trying to make his daughter feel better for her blood lineage. He didn't regret loving her mother but he was worried about Amaya.

'Now my child, your father needs to do work, remember to practice your sword wielding skills.' Vulcan patted Amaya's head before leaving. Amaya frowned, her father always seems to be so busy and she was always so lonely by herself, without any friends. Amaya also knew that learning sword techniques were for self-protection but it should be time that Vulcan taught her how to wield her flames. After all, Amaya is the Princess of Fire, a child of the Fire God.

Amaya went to the garden at the back of the palace and proceeded to practice with her sword, the demon sword of flames known as Suzaku, sulkily.

Deeply concentrated in her training, she didn't notice a pair of blue eyes staring at her from the roof. One of the Eight Princes of Hell was looking onwards with interest at the girl.

He was Amaimon, the King of Earth.

It's my first fan fiction that I uploaded online, please R&R. It's been sometimes since I wrote too. I love Ao no Exorcist; and Amaimon needs more love. :D