Bound by Fire

Chapter 1

"You better be ready for a ton of questions." Bon jokingly spoke, as Rin smiled up at him as he let his blank carry him to the steps. "You have no idea how worried I've been. You've been gone for eight years. Just what the hell where you doing?"

"Well-"

The sudden rumbling of his blanks stomach interrupted them, as the brunette n' blonde stopped walking up the steps. A soft pink blush dusting his cheeks, as Rin chuckled and wrapped his arms around his blank's neck. His eyebrow raising slightly.

"Maybe we should get you some food first." Rin spoke, as he poked Bon's stomach and the male let go of him so the half-demon could head back down the stairs. "And don't pout. You'll get all the answers you want. I can talk and cook at the same time."

"I'm not pouting." Bon grumbled, as he headed back down the stairs after the half-demon.

Rin hitting the bottom floor just as the twins walked inside. Aleka peeking out from behind his older brother at his father, as Kaden just stood there to keep Aleka pleased. Something that made Rin laugh lightly, as he gestured the two of them toward the cafeteria and headed inside. Or at least that's what he believed had been the cafeteria. The moment he walked inside he immediately noticed the huge change. The room had been remodeled, wood paneling lined the walls, the floor had been replaced, and a long dinning room table took the place of the three or four tables that had once occupied the room eight years ago. Something that had the male standing in the doorframe in complete shock, as Bon came up from behind him and wrapped his arms around him. His chin resting on the half-demon's shoulder, as Rin leaned against his blank and looked back at him.

"You remodeled the cafeteria?"

"I remodeled the whole building." Bon spoke, as he held the half-demon close. "I took a lot of missions to keep my mind off you and before I knew it I had too much money and so little to spend it on. I had already paid off the rest of my schooling by junior year and by the end of senior year I had no idea what to do with what I had. So I bought the building from the Head Master and remodeled the thing from top to bottom. I did everything, no one helped."

"Everything? You did everything?" Rin asked, as he looked at the male and Bon's eyes shifted to the left a little.

"Alright so I didn't do the plumbing or the electric stuff, but I did the rest." The male spoke, as he frowned at the half-demon's eyes fell on the kitchen.

"Did you-?"

"Wanna go look?"

In an instant the half-demon nodded and rushed over to the door to the kitchen. The twins hanging out just behind their father, as the half-demon hesitantly pushed open the swinging door and walked inside. His heart skipping several beats the moment he stepped inside, as he looked around at the remodeled kitchen and couldn't help the smile that stretched across his face. The walls were replaced with the same wood paneling from the dinning room, the tiled floor had been replaced with a blue looking marble texture and the counters had been completely redone. What looked like pure marble countertops sat on top of redone wooden cabinetry both underneath and above the countertops, as the half-demon couldn't help but reach out and place his hand on the surface. His fingers sliding against the smooth surface and across one of those brand new panel like stoves he heard about before he left eight years ago. Brand new appliances lining the kitchen and new dishes and silverware tucked away in their proper places, as the male found himself leaning against the countertop for support and let out a soft breath.

The tension in his shoulders lifting, as he closed his eyes for a moment and drank it all in. The brand new remodeled space just for him, as he slowly opened his eyes and noticed a few things magnetized to the new fridge. The half-demon walking over to it and immediately noticing a few photos already on the fridge. One of which was him and his blank beside one another after Aleka and Kaden's birth. The two little ones curled up in their blue blankets, as the half-demon's eyes moved to one with his blank and himself before he left. The two of them standing under the gate to True Cross Academy, the same gate the Head Master used to create a portal to Gehenna not long after the picture was taken. Other than those two photos the few others showed his blank with their old friends on missions. His blank getting a little older in each one, before his eyes fell on a small note magnetized to the fridge. The piece of paper looking as if it had worn out over time, as it read 'Welcome home, Rin'. A smile immediately appearing on the male's face, as he took the note off the fridge and slowly walked back out to the dinning room. The twins and his blank waiting for him, as Rin lifted his head up to look at his blank and smiled. The half-demon immediately wrapping his arms around the brunette n' blonde, as Bon held him close and bruised his face into the half-demon's hair. The twins staring at them as if they were either nuts or aliens, as Rin hesitantly let go of his blank and smiled up at him.

"I love it." The half-demon spoke, as Bon gave him a relieved smile. "I'm going to go test everything out right now!"

And before anyone could stop him, the male rushed back into the kitchen. A smile on his face and his tail happily swaying behind him.

"So, how old are you two now?" The man sitting across from the twins spoke, as Aleka immediately felt his eyes plummet to his lap.

The moment their mother disappeared into the kitchen, overjoyed with what their 'father' had done with it, the man had said they could sit down till diner was ready. Of course that ended up with a very long awkward silence the man just had to ruin with the very question. How could he know for sure this was their father? Of course he'd never judge his mother's words, but this man was human. How was he their father?

"Sixteen." Aleka spoke, only because he knew Kaden wouldn't speak unless he really had to.

"Sixteen, already? You guys have only been gone for eight years."

"Time moves faster in Gehenna than in Assiah." His mother called from the kitchen, the breakfast window in the wall making it easy for them to see their mother work and hear him talk. "Time moves twice as fast there. So eight years here in Assiah is sixteen in Gehenna."

"That means you're older than me." The man spoke, as he looked back at their mother and frowned slightly. "Not that I'm complaining, but shouldn't you look older?"

"I'm a half demon, Ryuji. I still age a little slower that you do." Their mother spoke, as a little demon came out of the cupboard and their mother let out a gasp in surprise. "Ukobach! Is that you buddy?!"

It was then the little demon jumped into their mother's arms and the half-demon held the little guy close. It more than obvious the kitchen demon had been one of their mother's close friends, as he set the demon down and they immediately started making dinner together. The air around them a lot lighter, as their mother started speaking to the demon in the Gehenna language and the man across from the twins smiled at their mother. It obvious he was happy their mother was happy, as he turned his head back to them and looked them both over. Aleka trying to shrink down into the seat and ignore the man sitting across from him, as Kaden stayed silent and stared at the wall across from him. The teen no doubt analyzing the whole situation in their silent state.

"So, what do you think of Assiah so far?" The man spoke, as Aleka moved his gaze to the table and gently picked at the wood.

"It's nice I guess." Aleka muttered, as he tried to keep his words limited.

"I hate the male students on campus." Kaden spoke for the first time in front of their 'father'.

His sudden response seeming to stun the man for a moment, Aleka looked up at his older brother. That protective look in his mocha brown eyes, as he reached out and messed up the teen's hair. A simple action that told him Kaden wasn't worried over it and he wasn't going further on the subject, as his eyes fell back on the man and he finally spoke.

"D-Did something happen?" The man asked, as Kaden nodded only slightly and said nothing more. The man across from them seeming to realize that their conversation was over, as he looked back at Aleka and the teen felt his eyes on the table once more. "Well, I'm glad you two came back home safe. Rin was so worried about you after you were born."

"Ryuji-"

"What happened after we were born?" Aleka asked out of curiosity, as his tail swayed behind him. The man looking back at his mother, as the half-demon gave the brunette n' blonde a displeased look and frowned.

"It seems your mother doesn't want you to know. So we'll leave it at that."

"That's not fair." Aleka whined, as he slumped in his chair and his older brother stayed silent next to him. "What's the point of bringing it up if you can't talk about it?"

"I just don't want to scare the two of you on your first day back home." Their mother spoke, as he went back to making dinner with the kitchen demon.

"Back home?" Aleka repeated, as he watched his mother's shoulder's stiffen. "Weren't we born in Gehenna?"

A moment of silence fell over them, as their mother stopped cooking and let the little demon take over. The man across from them looking back at their mother, who had his hand against the countertop and tightly gripping the marble. A harsh breath leaving his mother's lips, before he turned toward them and shook his head.

"No, you were born here in Assiah eight years ago." Their mother spoke, as Kaden's gaze fell to the table. "In all truth you had a sister as well, but she didn't make it. She died before you were all born and after the two of you were born we held her funeral. A week later the two of you were getting weaker. I couldn't understand why. You two were born healthy and I was afraid you had gotten sick, but it was completely different."

Behind their mother the little kitchen demon started dishing out dinner and the half-demon picked up the bowls he was handed. The male handling them to their 'father', who placed them in front of the twins, before their mother came into the dining room with the other bowls and placed them on the table. The little kitchen demon bring out what looked like red sauce and cheese like sprinkles, before he gave them forks and disappeared into the kitchen to clean up. Their mother sitting down and putting sauce and cheese on what looked like noodles in his bowl, before he stirred it and let the steam cool down. His older brother following their mother's example, as Aleka stared at the sauce in curiosity and their mother continued.

"It turns out that Assiah give off a certain pressure. It's like demonic pressure, but it's stronger. That's why most demons take over a human's body when they come to Assiah or create their own. And if a demon doesn't the pressure slowly drains the demon of their powers." Their mother spoke, as Kaden dipped his finger into a bit of sauce he had put on his noodles and touched his finger against the younger's. The teen taking a taste of the sauce, before he deemed it edible and followed what his bother had done. "And the pressure was doing just that. It was killing the two of you."

Silence fell over the table, as Aleka stared at his mother in shock and Kaden stopped moving instantly. The only comfort the two of them found in the news was that they were alive somehow, as Kaden reached under the table and took the younger's hand.

"Because your only one forth demon and were born as humans, your bodies were unbalanced. I thought you'd be human enough to protect yourself, but it was the opposite. You didn't have enough demon DNA to keep your bodies stable and fight off the pressure. It was crushing the two of you. I was so afraid and scared I'd lose the two of you. I lost sleep over it and when the doctor said I could save the two of you by going to Gehenna I didn't hesitate." The half-demon spoke, as he looked at the man beside him and the male took their mother's hand. "The only price I had to pay was being separated from your father for eight years, but I don't regret it. The two of you are safe and healthy, and I couldn't ask for more."

"Th-then why do I have asthma?" Aleka hesitantly asked, as their mother looked at him.

"I don't know why you have asthma, Aleka, but it wasn't because of Assiah's atmosphere. You got asthma when you were six, not when you came to Gehenna."

"So he's our biological father?" Kaden asked, as he nodded the male next to their mother and he nodded.

"I had my first mating season when I hit sixteen and Ryuji happened to be close enough to me when it happened." Their mother explained, as the man next to him took a bite out of his noodles and let their mother explain. "I ended up getting pregnant and from there it's a long story, but I can assure you Ryuji is your father. The mating and pregnancy doctor that looked after me made sure after you two were born just in case."

A nod left the twins, as they dug into their meal. The teen taking his first bite of what he believed was human food, before he fell his taste buds burst on contact and let out a hum at the taste. A small laugh leaving his father, as the teen quickly swallowed and looked away. His older brother completely calm as he ate, as his mother smiled.

"What's so funny?" Aleka demanded, as he frowned at his father.

"That's the exact same way I reacted to your mother's cooking the first time I had some." The man spoke, as the half-demon smile at the man beside him and shoved him a little.

"You liar, you were practically fawning over the food after you took one bite. You begged me for seconds." Their mother laughed, as their father chuckled.

"And you wouldn't give me seconds because we still didn't like each other back then. I remember you gave Shima seconds and I had to complain several times before you let me have anymore."

"And you only got was cold leftovers." Their mother laughed, as the teen watched the two of them.

I obvious that there was no way their mother had lied to them about this man being their father, as he listened to them talk about their pasts. It taking a few stories before he realized the two of them had been training to become exorcists, as their father shared some stories about the dangerous mission he had been on and how many times he almost died. And each time their mother freaked out a little, calling their father an idiot for pulling a stupid stunt for doing such a thing that made Aleka laugh at the two of them. The four of them emptying their bowls and emptying them a second time in an hour, before their mother smiled up at the man beside him squeezed his hand.

"Well, your father and me are going to go upstairs to our room and talk for a little bit longer." The half-demon spoke, as he got up form the table and the male beside him handed their bowls to the kitchen demon happily waiting for their dishes. "The two of you can look around for awhile, but I want the two of you in bed by nightfall."

A nod came form the two of them, as Aleka headed for the door and a small blue flame appeared in the doorway. The teen stopping and turning back to his mother who had a somewhat displeased look on his face.

"And I mean you sleep in separate rooms, Aleka. No sleeping with your brother or trying to steal kisses behind my back. Just because we're home and I'm back with your father doesn't mean you get a get out of jail free card. You understand me?"

"Yes mother."

"Then you two go ahead."

In an instant the teen was out of the dinning room and heading up the stairs. The teen determined to find the biggest empty bedroom he could find, before Kaden could.

"Alright Rin, spill everything." Bon spoke the moment the door to the bedroom had been closed and locked so the twins couldn't come inside. "Something doesn't feel right with the two of them."

A moment of silence fell over them, as the half-demon sat on their huge king bed and ran a hand through his hair. His blank walking over and siting beside him, before they fell back on the bed together and the older curled up against his blank.

"Bon, I don't even know where to start."

"Alright, then why aren't they acting their age?" The younger male asked, as he gently ran his fingers though the half-demon's hair.

"I raised them in Gehenna, Bon. I couldn't keep them perfectly human forever." Rin spoke, as he looked up at his blank. "Kaden just became mute one day and refused to talk unless he deemed it necessary. And Aleka just refused to grow up. He acts like he's still ten and he's oblivious to almost everything. I couldn't just smack them out of it and demand better behavior. They just became that way."

"And the kissing?"

"Oh god, don't get me started." Rin groaned, as he buried his face into his blank's chest.

"I'll find out one way or another." Bon spoke, as the older sighed and gave in.

"Aleka saw a mated demonic couple kissing in public and asked Kaden if they could kiss too. The couple were both male and he saw nothing bad about it. I could've stopped them and told them it wasn't right to kiss brother's that way, but they were only seven. How the hell was I supposed to know Aleka would get attached to Kaden?"

"What do you mean by attached?" Bon asked, as he raised an eyebrow.

"They…they have relationship border lining lovers." The older hesitantly spoke, as his blank's eyes widened and he suddenly sat up.

"What did you just say?"

"They have a relationship bordering lovers."

Silence fell over them, as Bon let out a harsh sigh and messed up his hair. Something between anger and stress in his gaze, as he rubbed his temples and the half-demon stayed silent. He knew he had screwed up the moment he saw the twins kissing at the age of twelve and had tried to stop it, but because of Aleka's childish attitude he thought it was a game. And when Aleka started a game he usually played it through to the end. Although the half-demon wasn't going to tell his blank that right now. He looked angry already.

"Rin-"

"I know, I screwed up." Rin spoke, as he looked at his blank. "I should've stopped them back then, but I thought it was an innocent kiss kids give other kids. I didn't mean for them to get this close. It just ended up that way. The most I can do now is keep them in separate rooms and take separate showers. And even if I do that Aleka finds a way to get past my barriers and get to his brother. He's been doing it for years."

"Look, Rin, I'm not saying you screwed up." Bon spoke, as he sat beside the half-demon and ran his fingers though the older's hair. "I just didn't expect this. There was nothing you could've done to prevent this."

"I still feel like it's my fault." The half-demon spoke, as his blank gently cupped his face and placed a gentle kiss on his lips.

"Nothing is your fault. I'm just glad you're back home and safe." The younger male spoke, as he leaned over the half-demon and kissed his forehead.

The male moving down to kiss the bridge of his nose, the tip of his nose, and then his lips; before he pulled away and the half-demon frowned at him. Rin wrapping his legs around his blank's back and his arms around his neck, before he pulled him close and a small smirk appeared on his face.

"If you think you're getting away from me after that you're sadly mistaken."

"Bring it."

A deathly silence filled the room, as the teen rolled over in bed and stared at the wall. The midnight blue haired teen curling himself up in the blankets and closing his eyes in an attempt to fall asleep, before he gave in and opened them. His tail twitching against the mattress and his legs itching for him to get up and move around, as the teen gave up and got out of bed.

His feet hitting the cold floor and a shiver running up his legs and up his spine, before he forced himself to the door and slowly opened it. The teen looking up and down the hall, before he hesitantly walked out of his room and down the hall. His footsteps barely hearable, as he made his way down the hall and to the other side of the house. Muffled moaning and curses in the Gehenna language reaching the teen's ears from the floor below him, as he blocked them out and stopped in front of the door he was looking for. The teen making a move to knock, before he stopped his hand just a few inches from the door and roughly chewed on his bottom lip. His tail lashing out behind him, before he slowly backed up and made a move to head back to his room.

The door suddenly opening and Kaden's figure standing in the doorway looking down at him. The older teen wearing what looked like their father's old clothes, while the teen wore one of his mother's shirts that was too big for him. The shirt stopping just before his knees, unlike the t-shirt and shorts that fit his brother perfectly. He always envied him. He was tall and fit into all the hand-me-downs' he got, while all the clothes the younger got flooded him.

"Is something wrong?" Kaden's voice spoke, as the younger jumped slightly and looked up at his brother.

"Um, no not really. I was just going for a walk is all." The younger lied.

A bit of silence falling over them, as Kaden reached out his hand and gently grabbed the teen's chin. The teen tilting the younger's head up and their eyes meeting, before his brother's fingers gently glided over the younger's cheek bones. Each and every touch against his skin sending him a small message the younger twin was used to by now. Kaden rarely talked, but when he touched him he understood every word the older wanted to speak. It was almost like he was reading his brother's thoughts through each touch he gave.

"Alright, you win." Aleka softly spoke, as his brother stopped touching his cheek and looked down at him. "I can't sleep. I tried rolling over, fluffing the pillows, and I tried sleeping on the wrong side of the bed, but I can't fall asleep. I want to sleep with you, but mom said we couldn't."

It was then that Kaden pulled the teen forward and into his chest. The teen instantly grabbing fistfuls of his brother's shirt and burying his face into his chest, as he let the teen lift him into his arms and close the door. His older brother walking them to the bed and lying against the mattress, before he laid the younger beside him and held him close. Aleka instantly relaxing and curling up against his older brother's chest, before he smiled and closed his eyes.

"Thank you, Kaden." The teen softly spoke, before he fell asleep in his older brother's arms.

"Kaden, Aleka breakfast is ready!" Their mother's voice called out, as the teen jolted awake.

The young teen finding himself lying beside his older brother, as he slowly opened his eyes and blinked at him. The two of them staring at one another for a few moments, before the younger heard his mother's footsteps coming up the stairs and freaked. The teen quickly getting out of his brother's bed and rushing over to the bedroom door, before it suddenly opened and his mother blinked down at him. His eyes looking at him and then looking around the room, before he saw Kaden still half asleep in bed and frowned. His displeased eyes falling on him, as he crossed his arms and Aleka bit his lower lip.

"Aleka Rin Okumura, what did I tell you last night before you left the dinning room?" Their mother demanded, as the teen's eye fell to the floor.

"N-not to sleep with Kaden." The teen quietly spoke, as his mother looked at his older brother.

"And you, Kaden Ryuji Okumura, you should know better."

"Sorry mother." Kaden spoke, as he looked at the fuming half-demon and then the younger. "Aleka couldn't sleep."

"That's no excuse. You'd be able to sleep perfectly fine on your own if you didn't hang around your older brother every second of the day."

"Sorry, mom."

"Now both of you get dressed and come downstairs for breakfast. School starts in forty minutes." Their mother demanded, before he left the room and headed down the stairs. The younger teen taking a few moments, before his mother's words finally hit him.

"Wait, did you just say school?!"

Scarlett: *grins as confetti goes everywhere* It's here my cute little fans! The very first chapter of the sequel to TFOANG, Bound by Fire!

Aleka: *pops up behind her* And we're in it!

Kaden: *silently watches them from his seat on the couch*

Rin: And I'm back and better than ever!

Akira: *frowns at him and holds hand up above Rin's head* And u didn't get any taller

Rin: OI!

Scarlett: *sweatdrops* Well, there you have it. Not only is the first chapter out but we have our cast back. *pauses as she watches Rin and Akira argue, while Aleka tries to break them up* This might have been a disaster *looks to camera* Enjoy the first real chapter my cute little fans.

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Rin, Bon, Shima, Yukio, Mephisto, and Mephisto do not belong to me.

These characters belong to Kazue Kato.

However, Aleka, Kaden, and Scarlett Rose belong to me.