Dad was speaking with officer Kaguya with a serious look on his face and even if I thought it was wrong to eavesdrop on their conversation, I wanted to know what they were talking about, so I hid myself slightly behind the door and stood quiet to hear their conversation.
- Even if all you say is true I will not judge him, nor have the right to do that… - Officer Kaguya spoke.
- I greatly thank you for your understanding officer Kaguya but Rin's safety comes first and I don't want to expose him to such danger… because if the Order find out about him… they kill him without a doubt. – Dad said with a somber voice.
- I do not think that he will be in danger since he will be working with the police, and we have been training him for various situations and self-defense is one of those, that and he is preparing himself for most of his life for this… I don't think he will give up now, besides his skill as a detective are impeccable at least so we need him there with us. – Officer tried again.
Wait. So they were speaking of preventing me from working as a detective? Well dad was at least, while officer Kaguya tried to keep me in the police. Who would have thought that my own father would try to stop me from doing what I wanted.
- I do understand that but still I cannot take such a chance since this career will expose him to such danger. – Dad said once again
- I see, but I would like to ask a question. – Began officer Kaguya.
- What is it?
- Have you spoke with Rin about this "retirement"? – He asked dad and looked my way with a worried look.
- Of course I did, why do you ask? – He lied.
- Because it looks like he disagree with you. – He said pointing to me.
"So he knew." I thought as I left my hiding spot and entered the monastery while dad looked at in a mix of anger and surprise.
- So… care to explain what order, why they can't find me and why would they kill me? – I asked getting a little angry.
- You were hearing the conversation this whole time?! – He asked in an anger I rarely saw.
- No, just the last 5 minutes, which aren't very encouraging either. – I said as calmly as possible.
- Rin, you shouldn't be eavesdropping our conversation at all! – He said angrily.
- Well maybe it wasn't right, but it was about ME you were talking about and my career on top of that, so I think that this time I'm not the one who's wrong! – I shouted at him, already feeling my calm vanishing as if was never there.
- Rin what I am doing is for your own-
- Good? Safety? – I said already feeling tears threatening to spill. – So what? The decision was and still is MINE! And yet you want me to back out in the ONLY way I found to walk forward with my life, and when I'm ready you step and try to stop me?! – I said finding very hard to fight back the tears. And when silence was my only answer I felt a pain equal to a knife being stabbed in my chest. - … Good to know that you trust me so much… - I said as I left the monastery running at full speed.
I heard him call me back but I didn't give a damn now, I just wanted to be alone and didn't want to go back.
After a while I reached the top of the hill I always gone to when I needed to think or calm down (and as a plus the hill had a perfect view of true cross that was even more breathtaking at night) and started to walk toward my usual place there. And as soon as my back collided with the tree when I sat I broke down in sobs, finally letting the tears fall as I sat there hugging my knees and resting my head in them trying to hide from the painful truth in a stupid way but it was all I had the strength to do.
I woke up to the sound of a twig breaking, not realizing when I fell asleep, and looked behind me to see who it was and noticed it was snowing and saw someone that for once today were good news.
- Shiratori? – I asked surprised.
- Hi there Rin... Are you ok? You don't look good. – Shiratori asked really worried and I didn't blame him, I must be a pretty lame sight right now.
- No, I am not ok, if anything, "ok" is the very last thing I am right now… - I said already remembering why I came up here in the first place.
- Do you want to talk about it? – He asked carefully.
I gave him a nod and waited until he sat at my side and began telling him what happened, while he just listened and gave me a surprised look when I talked about my father not wanting me to join the police but let me finish anyway.
- Man I NEVER expected father Fujimoto stop you from becoming a detective… He was so supportive about you becoming one. It makes me wonder what made him act like that. – He said once I finished telling him what happened.
- You and me alike. – I told him, already sad at the memory.
After that, we just sat there in silence. And during that time I remembered how Shiratori and I became friends. He was from a rich family but his parents never gave him attention, so he started walking with some gangsters and of that led him to the crimes eventually and of course, his "friends" delivered him to the police when they got caught a year ago. And by some weird reason I felt I should talk to him.
FLASHBACK – 1 year ago
The boy sat there behind the bars waiting for his parents since the police found nothing with him that were illegal so he was taken into custody for interaction with illegal group/organization. It was just luck that I was still training my aim at the stands and saw they come in with him so it was just curiosity. However, I didn't saw anything malicious in the boy so I approached his cell and stared at him and as soon as he saw me staring I noticed he was just lonely and annoyed for some reason.
- What? You came here to say that I'm too young to do what I do as well? – He said angrily.
- Why you walk with those people? – I asked. Really curious about what people saw in such bad oriented people.
- Because they at the very least pay attention to me. – He answered as if was the simplest thing in the world.
- But you could find better people in my opinion. So why them of ALL the good people out there? – I asked being more precise.
- Because they were the ones that came talk to me and were nice to me. – He said simply.
- And even so they are the reason you are here. You should find people that actually CARE about you not the ones that want to USE you. – I said seriously.
- Like someone would actually want to become my friend. Even my parents don't look at me. – he said in a sad voice.
- I would be. If it weren't for that fake attitude. – I said truthfully.
- At that the boy's eyes lit up, he raised from the bench and walked toward the bars, and I took a step back as precaution as he looked at me with hope in his eyes.
- Really? You would? For real? – He asked as if not believing.
- Sure. I don't see why not. You look like a good guy, you're just with the wrong crowd. – I answered as carefully as possible, aware of the other policemen watching me.
At that he just thought for a while before smiling and nodding. And all of a sudden he raised his for me to shake which scared me and the police officers behind me.
- Fine by me. I'm Reiji Shiratori, nice to meet you. – He spoke as if he wasn't behind bars which I thought it was funny but shook his anyway.
- Rin Okumura, I hope we get along well Shiratori. – I said returning the smile.
END OF FLASHBACK
After that, Shiratori and I started meeting each other when I wasn't training at the police station and grown to be best friends and since then he kept encouraging me as well with the path that I have chosen.
- Heeeey! Earth to Rin! – He said/screamed while waving his hand in front of me.
- Ah! Sorry Shiratori I was just thinking. – I said slightly embarrassed.
- About what? – He asked.
- About how we became friends. – I said looking at the side to hide my blushing face.
At that point he was blushing as well. Clearly remembering everything. But then I heard a sound coming from somewhere around us and looked for the source. And then I saw a circle of darkness glowing in the middle of the snow and Shiratori must have seen too because he was staring intently at it.
And suddenly it started glowing even stronger and some sort of dark smoke started surrounding it, as something slowly started to come from the circle and as it raised from the circle we stood up as well knowing that if something were to turn bad we would need to run. As the object was about to completely raise from the circle a big explosion followed it, twigs and stones once hidden by the snow now flying away from the circle. I heard a gasp of pain by my side and saw that a stone had hit Shiratori in the leg and it was bleeding pretty badly to the point where he trying to stand but screamed in pain when he tried.
And that's when the object became completely visible, it was a coffin with some weird marks in it. And then the "coffin" turned to us and opened slightly to reveal a long horn and glowing red eyes.
- Rin… You must be Rin Okumura. I've been looking for you. – Said the weird creature inside the coffin with it's eyes glowing.
Neither Blue Exorcist or Persona characters belong to me.
The only one that does is officer Kaguya.
So here is the second chapter of a lost person. I intended to post this yesterday, since I had already written beforehand, but it was full of mistakes so I had to start from zero. And I will use the time and tell why I didn't described officer Kaguya: It's because I am just introducing the characters for now but I will describe him in a very near future. Anyway I hope you guys like it and I'll try write the next chapter and post as soon as I can. Once again thank you for reading this.