A/N: I appreciate all the favorites and follows and I'm pretty confident about this chapter. Sorry it's SUPER late. Enjoy!
Rin's POV
"You don't belong here!"
"Stay away from me!"
"Get back! Your scaring her!"
"No one wants you here, just go Rin."
"No, I didn't do anything! I'm not bad, I'm good! I'm not like Satan!"
"I'm not like Satan!" I shoot up in bed, just barely keeping myself from falling off the bed...that's to comfy to be mine...and has a canopy. I rub the red fabric covering me between my fingers, "Is this silk?"
"Well, of course not, you hardly have control over your flames let alone Gehenna," I hear someone scoff at my side.
His hair stuck up like that of small wild flames, a vibrant mix of red and orange, while his eyes were a bright yellow, coordinating with his golden brown skin. He wore a red suit giving him the appearance of a glowing candle.
"Not what..." "Was I talking in my sleep? Who is this stranger, is he like that thing earlier?"
"Is he gonna eat me?" I mutter, worried about what could happen with me practically defenseless.
"I heard that, and no, I will not eat you. Father would have my head," the ma-demon explains, giving a dark chuckle.
"Why would I be so special to your father?"
"I'm your half brother, Iblis."
"Okay, that still doesn't mean much," I say, wondering why he won't just tell me why.
He gives me a blank stare,"They did say you were dim, but I didn't expect it to be this bad."
"Hey-"
"Satan is my father, that's why it matters."
"Sure, but why am I so important? Doesn't he have like, eight other sons that are much more useful?"
He gives me a scalding glare,"Don't you know anything-"
"Not really, I did just get here."
"Why else would he want you here? You are the only one who wields his flames," he takes a breath of frustration,"you are capable of using your flames in Assiah. We are disposable, you are not."
"So...I could get you to do what I want? Since I'm higher than you."
He scoffs at me, yet again, "I would not easily bend to someone as weak-willed as you,"
"I'm not weak!"
"You sure proved that during the battle that occurred yesterday," he says, sarcastically. "I guess I didn't need to save you then. I didn't believe it possible to be so weak and still have father's flames."
We sit there, staring each other down for more than just a few minutes. How dare he say such things.
"Bet I'm at least stronger than you, after all you're the one who's disposable," I say, narrowing my eyes so he knows I'm challenging him.
He intensifies his glare, and something tells me I should back off, but I don't, refusing to be labeled as weak.
However, the feeling grows, and I prepare to back down when there's an abrupt knock at the door. When the both of us fail to answer, the demon on the other side of the door invites themself in.
"My dearest brothers!~" was they're loud response upon entering.
This one was a near complete contrast to Iblis. Instead of up in flames, his hair was down, a light brown flipping out in short waves. Instead of a bright yellow, his eyes were a deep blue, and while Iblis wore formal attire, his was quite relaxed.
He wore ripped jeans and a white dress shirt. The most interesting thing about him was his cape, it looked like a continuous waterfall spouting from his shoulders, yet it didn't wet him or the floor and made no sound.
"So...what were you talking about?"
Iblis shakes his head at the childish tone, but answers with a, nothing of importance, and leaves it at that.
"Oh, by the way this really hot chick dropped in," he says with a snicker,"claims she's looking for a Rin Okumura." His eyes slide toward me, giving me a knowing look,"You can really pick 'em,"
I bolt out of the room, hearing water boy shout,"At the end of the hall on the left!" "Did Shiemi forgive me? Did she come here to find me? Who else would he be talking about, of course it's Shiemi!"
With a burst of excitement, I speed up for the last few feet, opening the door at the end of the hall. I run in, to find some guy with short grey hair and odd dark grey robes hanging from his shoulders, paired with white flowing pants.
"WHAT THE HELL!?"
"Did I say left?~ I meant to say right," I hear from down the hall, a cackle coming right after.
In anger I shut the door with the old guy and stomp over to the right door. "What if she really does hate me, but she was just trapped here? Why would she come see me if she was scared?"
I grip the doorknob, preparing to turn it. "I won't get answers just standing here." I open the door and walk in, surprised to find what I did.
I wasn't Shiemi, it was Izumo.
Izumo's POV
I fell into a lake, so pristine and clean I was sure you could drink from it. I was still cautious though, it is Gehenna after all. I walk onto its shore, feeling extremely damp. I check around so I'm sure nothing is looking my way.
After seeing the coast is clear I try to pull the yellow vest from over my head, which is a bit difficult as it gets caught on my pigtails. I continue to trying to yank it from over my head only to fall back into the lake.
I finally free myself from straitjacket only to get a look at my reflection in the water.
"Shit,"
"Ears. I have ears, on top of my head...there are fox ears on my head! Calm down! Just stop and think."
I turn around, guess I probably have other features too. A tail, two fox tails to be exact, two violet rings around the tips of both.
"I don't think my summoning circles will work in Gehenna and even if they did they should be soaked right now. How am I suppose to find Rin then?"
"Well, don't you look out-of-place,"
Startled, I look for the source of the voice, preparing to fight or run if necessary. He appears from the lake, as if he lived there.
"Someone like you doesn't belong here. Do you not know of the recent agreement made between Eygn and Inari?"
"No," "What's he talking about?" "either way, I'm looking for someone," "he's the only person I can talk to right now."
"I can promise you I'm the only one who lives here. You're on my property, and if I were anyone else you would be dead by now."
I analyze him. He only has on shorts and appears tan with milky blue eyes pared with light brown hair flipping out in short waves, as far as I can see, he doesn't have extra demon appendages.
"Who are you?" I ask with a narrow of my eyes.
"Someone who can help find the person your looking for."
"Why would you help me?" "He's suspicious, most people wouldn't help anyone unless it was beneficial."
"Just follow me, I promise not to do anything, despite your revealing appearance."
At this I blush in embarrassment, I forgot about my see-through shirt. I grab my vest and use it to cover myself, fumbling after the man while trying to stay on guard. He begins walking back into the lake, telling me to stay on shore. He walks until the water is at the base of his abs (that I didn't notice) and stands there. He begins to rise out of the water, and with him comes a land platform leading to a two story house.
Once it's fully emerged he beckons me forward. I follow him, knowing standing there, stranded, won't help me find Rin.
Walking in the demon handed me spare clothes to wear, pointing me in the direction of his bathroom where I dried off and changed. It was a bit difficult, but I managed to tuck my tail into the pants he gave me. I changed my hair style from pigtails to a high ponytail and exited the bathroom feeling comfortable in the green pants and beige long sleeved shirt.
If I were to define his home by one word, it would have to be open. Almost every wall was made of glass, you could see the nearly whole house from one spot. It was spectacular, but it was also vulnerable. That's odd for a demon, there must be a trick to it.
"What do I call you?" he asks from his kitchen. Walking up to the island in the middle of it all, I see him grabbing pots and pans.
Should I give a fake name?
Deciding to go with the truth, I give a sigh, "Izumo, and what do I call you?"
"I am Arran, son of Eygn and Inari," he drawls grabbing cans and pasta from the cupboards.
"Inari had a son?!"
"I'm not spoken of much cause I don't do much and I try to stay secret, but yes Inari had a son and I happen to be him. It was mainly to make a sort at pact, Eygn was meant to help with her harvest, to make it official they hooked-up as you Assiah people call it. After that out popped me. When I was old enough, I helped out a bit with the pact. Then it was broken, not sure how but it was, and now they agreed to basically stay out of each other's way as to not cause war. That was pretty much the end of it."
"Why didn't I know about this?"
"Why would you?"
I glare at him, "I'm a shrine maiden to Inari."
"Ah, weren't you recently given the title?" he asks, glancing over his shoulder, "I heard a new one was appointed, and stubborn."
"I am not stubborn," I retort, crossing my arms.
"Are you so stubborn that you won't have any of this pasta because you don't trust me?" he asks with a smug expression, while stirring the pot of sauce.
"He is going to help me, and the pasta smells good. I also saw him cook it so it should be fine and it would be rude not to have any. Plus, I don't know when I'll eat again."
"I'll have some." I say feeling a stubborn blush cross my face.
"Good, pastas the only thing I can really make."
He places a plate and fork in front of me and prepares his own plate. I watch him as he makes a show of taking the first bite, and once he does I follow after. It tasted fine, it wasn't terrible or amazing, just your standard pasta.
Once we finished he took my plate to the sink and began washing dishes.
"Who are you looking for?"
"Rin Okumura," I answer immediately, despite my slight comfort here, I still need to find him.
He turns toward my, appearing slightly shocked, "The Prince of Gehenna? What would you need to see him for? Why would he be here in the first place?"
"Yes the Prince of Gehenna, and its personal."
"I can call my father, but it's late, so I'll have to do it tomorrow."
I lean forward against the counter so I can get a good look outside. It still looked bright out, maybe the early afternoon. Noticing my point of focus, Arran gives an "ah" of understanding.
"That isn't the real time. For my birthday, an uncle of mine made this eternally sunny area for me in resemblance to Assiah. In fact, Gehenna's sky looks nothing like this."
"I'm guess it was your uncle, Samuel, that did this?"
He gives me a very stern, hard look and his posture turns rigid, "Don't address a hell king that way, with your status it can get you killed," he loosens up, "but yes he did,"
I try choosing my words carefully,"He brought me here as well, though I'm not sure why he would agree to do such a thing," I mention with a narrow of my eyes. It could be simply to rid himself of worrying over if I found something out or not, or I was getting to close to the truth.
"You can sleep upstairs in the extra room for now," he says walking around the island. I follow after him warily, it's as safe as I'll get for now, I don't really have much of a choice.
The smell of eggs and biscuits wakes me from my sleep, and I rise from bed to follow the alluring trail. I arrive at the kitchen, and upon entering, see Arran with another man, speaking about who knows what and enjoying breakfast.
I walk up to the island and wait, eventually the stranger realizes I'm there. He's adored in a white dress shirt and black ripped jeans. His hair is just like Arran's and I can only guess why.
Arran notices his point of focus and introduces us.
"Father, this is the girl I was talking about. Izumo, this is Eygn King of Water."
A smile brightens Eygn's face as he takes my hand, "It's a pleasure to meet you Izumo Kamiki," brushing his lips softly against it.
I'm guessing I can't smack a King of Gehenna without dieing, so instead I reply with, "The pleasure is all mine."
He releases my hand, dropping the smile that was on his face seconds ago.
"I know where your friend is, however, he can't see you at the moment."
"Why is that?" I say, terse.
His lips curl into that of a playful smirk,"Why? Well, he's unconscious."
I narrow my eyes, "How did that happen?"
"It was Iblis' fault," he says, a tks in is tone."His flames were too much for little Rin to handle."
"How, shouldn't Rin be stronger than everyone in Gehenna, well except," I pause, I want to say Satan, but would I be killed for addressing him that way while I'm here?
Arran, noticing my dilemma, jumps in to assist me, "Except GrandPa Satan?"
Looking up thoughtfully Eygn explains, "That would be true, however, I think something is holding him back~," he glances at Arran, an odd look in his eyes, "we'll discuss it with Rin. Speaking of which, we should go to meet him. He should be awake any minute now."
We begin walking, leaving Arran behind, "You come too Arran, afterwards we can have some bonding time~," he says with an excited clap.
At this Arran gives a loud sigh, but a blush still adorns his face as he hurries after us. When he reaches my side, he holds out a biscuit to me. My stomach is grateful.
We exit Mephisto's time bubble, and I'm greeted by the red sky and scorching feel of Gehenna. Arran and Eygn gravitate closer to me, taking a slightly defensive stance. As they do so, Eygn snaps his fingers and a bubble of water surrounds us, instantly making me feel a tad cooler.
As we go, I notice other human looking figures outside the bubble, along with familiar one's.
"The one's you call 'familiars' are considered weak, the lowest in Gehenna. Relying on the help of humans to get to Assiah. Most are pets if they can't reach Assiah on their own," Eygn tells me, just as we arrive at a massive gate and behind it, a massive house.
The gates open, as if in recognition, screaming as they do. I plug my ears at the sound, and am surprised to see Arran and Eygn unaffected.
As we walk through, Eygn dispenses his bubble while simultaneously putting on a cape of water at the snap of his finger. The gate finally closes, ceasing the racket it caused.
"What was that noise?"
"The souls Lord Satan considers 'not worth his time' so to speak," Arran answers.
The doors to the palace like structure open without sound, however, and Arran and I are lead by Eygn through the building. When we reach a certain door in, I'm guessing Satan's, domain, Eygn instructs us to wait for Rin there.
Only moments later, we heard a scream of, "WHAT THE HELL!" made by a voice that I could only identify as Rin's.
I wait with bated breath for the door to open. Arran gives me an encouraging squeeze of the shoulder, making me grateful he's there.
It feels like forever went by when I see Rin's face.
A/N: I would of put this at the beginning, but didn't think of it til later: DISCLAIMER: Arran is mine and so is the plot. Anything that seems like, "Hey, that person was in the manga," probably means it belongs to the author blah blah blah done.
Sorry for the OOCness. Also, at some point, I'll give Mephisto a POV. I don't know when, but I plan to make it happen. Also, sorry it was so flipping late. Someone invented the idea of homework for the summer. Don't expect much soon either as I will be in a college school summer thing giving me even more homework. -_- yay. Hope the chappie wasn't to crappie...sorry you just read that sentence. Bye guys, gals, y'all.