Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters. They are all to their respective and original owners. I am simply borrowing them for my own amusement. At the end of the day, I own nothing.
Rin stood on the curb outside of the only home he had ever known. His back was turned to the building, unable to bear the sight of it. It's small yard and brick fence seemed so insignificant in the shadows of the buildings surrounding it. And yet, in that small church where devout men and women gathered to worship and give thanks to their deities, so much had happened, so much horror and pain had been dealt. A pang of sadness beat into his heart as he sunk and drowned in these memories.
Tires squealing across pavement roused him from his pained thoughts. A limo painted in a powdered pink came barreling at him leaving only seconds for Rin to leap out of the way. As the pink monstrosity came to a halt, its window rolled down revealing Mephisto clad in all his clown glory. Rin snorted in disbelief, his tail twitching and rolling in excitement behind him.
"Baka! You could've killed me! And what's with the lame car?" He mumbled in his none too threatening teenage tone. Mephisto cackled in return, his canines bearing with a smug grin.
"Watch who you're calling 'baka'. I am after all your principal and guardian from here on." The man gave him an entitled look, opening the door without another word. "I figured only the finest vehicle for your ride to my prestigious school. Now, off we go! I have business to attend to and you have classes and dorms and studies to explore." Rin glared, put off by the man's cocky manner. He shook his head, tossing his bag into the open window of the limousine, hitting Mephisto in the stomach and making him cough and sputter. This earned the teen a fiery look of disdain but all he could do was laugh into the demon's face.
"Baka, baka, whatever. Let's go already." Rin said snidely, still laughing lightly over Mephisto's pain as he slide into the seat beside the clown. As the boy got in, the older demon took a moment to size him up and look him over. He wasn't extraordinarily built, kinda lean and lanky. His face was angular and broad, surrounded by a fringe of blue tinted, shaggy, onyx hair. His skin was pale and unusually flawless, inlaid with two gems for eyes. It was these eyes that truly caught Mephisto's attention.
As Rin stared out the window of the car, completely oblivious to his careful observer, the flashes of light from the outside world reflected and danced in his irises. Their endless depths were tinted purple near the pupil but around that expanse of dark magenta color was a galaxy awash with a mixture of marine blues like the deepest oceans and highlights of lighter blues that put to shame the palest starlight.
Mephisto felt himself becoming captivated and intrigued by the sheer maze of color within those small orbs. They were unlike any eyes he had ever seen, including in Gehenna. It dawned on him that perhaps it was the boy's mixed genes that gave him such striking qualities. This theory would make sense seeing as even his younger twin was striking in an odd sort of way, but not so much as his clawed, fanged, and tailed counterpart. Mephisto nodded to himself, figuring this was the best conclusion to come to and that his interest in the boy's features were based simply on his scientific fascination for all things rare. The newly rebirthed demon was a very fine specimen but as were many of Mephisto's brothers and sisters. Mephisto even had the pride in saying he himself was a fine example of demonic breeding.
With his wonder set aside by the scientific ramifications of such a thing, his attention faded from the boy, losing interest altogether. He whistled a tune to himself as he watched the road signs and markings fly past. Rin, having noticed the man's careful observation only a few moments before he had turned away, took a moment to observe his principal as well. The older demon was dressed in peculiar jester-like clothing in some of the most feminine pastel colors he had ever seen on a man. However, as Rin looked past the clothing, the man wasn't all too horrible to look at. His hair was a deep shade of purple that contrasted with eyes that seemed to be electrified. They were a type of fluorescent green that seemed to be alive and possess an illuminating light all their own. His face was snow-colored and smooth like granite or white marble. He reminded Rin of a sculpture. Rin looked away surprised at his own attention to the older man's face. He felt a blush dusting his cheeks and quickly turned away.
Mephisto ignored the gaze of his prospective student on his face. He knew that his own feature were striking. As a purebred demon, it was only expected that he hold beauty that surpassed lower level, muddied demons and humans alike. A smug grin spread over his face, seising his whistling. Not commenting any of this aloud, he noticed they had finally passed into True Cross Tunnel. He leaned toward his ward to address him.
"Welcome, Okumura, to your new home and institution of education, True Cross Academy. We have every facility possible to fulfil any academic field of learning. So please, study to your heart's content!" Rin gave a gasp of surprise as the school came into view, ignoring Mephisto's clear boasting at his school. It's large campus interlocked and weaved through the landscape of the small peninsula in which it was built. All the buildings and bridges joined together in a web of complicated designs and patterns.
Mephisto most definitely felt a sense of pride and satisfaction over his school at the admiration in Rin's eyes as his ward let out a childish 'whoa'. His nose pressed to the glass as he scanned the mountainous school, eyes taking in everything hungrily. The young, inexperienced boy's tail swung eagerly behind him, nearly smacking Mephisto in the face and earning the wriggling thing a disapproving look.
"I would suggest you keep your tail hidden. The ears and fangs can be written off as simple body enhancements of a rebellious teen boy, the tail; however, cannot." Rin blushed deeply for the second time that day, shoving his tail into the back of his pants and glaring at the clown. Mephisto tossed a black uniform into his face, smiling self-righteously as the boy yelped and pulled the clothing away to glare even harder at the older man. "I would also suggest you get changed for your first day of orientation. Isn't the old saying to always dress to impress?" Rin's endless eyes widened in surprise as he realized the implications of changing in the cramped limo.
"BAKA! I can't change in front of you!" He protested loudly, the blush from before coming back in all its red glory acrossed his alabaster cheek bones. Mephisto raised an eyebrow at the boy's reaction before chuckling darkly.
"I hope you don't think of me as a pervert who would watch his ward undress. How insulting! Just get changed, you impertinent brat." This earned Mephisto an annoyed huff and eye roll as Rin turned his torso away, resigning to just change quickly.
As Rin pulled his shirt off, he became stuck half way, though only bearing his lower back and belly button. This little bit, however, made him feel none the less uncomfortable as he paranoidly felt those eyes once again on him, particularly on the exposed skin. He grumbled and shifted in the shirt becoming increasingly frustrated as he got one arm out. This caused the shirt became taut over his other shoulder and the space under his bicep. He let out an angry growl, cursing the cotton prison. Mephisto, feeling sorry for the boy, snapped his fingers. The shirt disappeared leaving Rin surprised at the sudden chill in the air, he peaked over his shoulder to see the older demon still turned toward the window. The demon of course was; however, it didn't make the teen feel any better. The weird urge to crawl into a hole in embarrassment overwhelmed him. He murmured a quick 'thanks' to whatever magic the man had just performed, gripping his white, uniform shirt tightly. He received a small snort in return as he slipped the shirt on without any problems.
He also pulled the rest of his clothing on without problem, yet he still cursed seeming so incompetent in front of the clown-like man and rued the fact he had to help him to simply take clothing off. It seemed to be the very poor start of a very poor acquaintanceship with Mephisto and Rin hoped he would be seeing him as little as possible from now on.