Title: Losing Hope

Disclaimer: I do not own any thing related to Ao no Exorcist (apart from this AWESOME story :P)

He stared down in disdain at the screaming people. They were chaotic. It was as if they were ants who had just had thier nest destroyed, which was ironic because in Rin Okumura's mind that was exactly what they were. Bright blue flames laughed as they consumed the unfortunate who had just happened to catch Rin's eye. Rin, if that's who he still was, stood calmly, floating in midair, unseen by many who were trying to scramble to safety. Unknowingly he was being watched by his two older half-brothers who were lounging across a floating purple sofa.

'Aniki, he's even scarier than father', the younger of the two announced calmly.

'He truly does have a demon's heart', replied the elder in an excited tone, a mischevious grin spreading from ear to ear.

They stared down in awe at their litle brother, who now had unnatural snow white skin, covered in unearthly dark black patterns and symbols that shifted and changed shape often. Large black wings, the embodiment of evil, extended across the sky. The boy was topless, showing his protruding muscles, and he wore baggy trousers that, from just below the knee down, were tightly wrapped in bandages, showing the outline of his legs. Casual high tops, that any teen would wear, covered up the bottom of the bandages and the boy's feet. There was a large hole, the size of the palm of his hand, replacing the space where his cold heart had once been.

The boy's black and blue hair billowed in the artificial wind, caused by the immense power overflowing from his body, revealing his eyes that were now black, blue and lifeless. The black replaced what should have been the white, and the bluw was so bright that it was otherworldly and chilling.

Although the boy was still living and breathing, something about him suggested that he wasn't quite there, that his spirit had left him.

High-pitched screams danced through the chockingly thick air, and the despair was enough to break even the toughest of souls, the most hardy of men.

Hopeless buildings clung to the last strands of their life as bricks fell giving a, not entirely unwelcome, end to members of the crowd who were destined to meet their inevitable end in that place.

And as flames licked the sky, exorcists deeply regretted the day when they gambled the question; would Rin really be the saviour of Assiah? Or the new lord of Gehenna?

For those of you who noticed, there are ideas in the fic that I took from Bleach and Natsume Yujinchou.

The black wings were inspired by Ulquiorra from Bleach, while the patters on Rin's body were inspired by Ichigo's hollow transformation in one of the later episodes of Bleach ( sometime during his fight with Ulquiorra )

THe fact that the patterns and symbols move was inspired by the actor Natorri in Natsume Yujinchou - so basically I just took loads of characteristics I liked and stuck them all in one fic - I hope you enjoyed, please review :).