Hello again! Hope you enjoyed the prologue, let me know if there's any typos, I don't have a beta reader or anything :[
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Rin pushed himself forward until his legs felt like giving out on him until he reached a paved road. He slowed to a walk, panting heavily as he began to follow the road, he knew he had to find the academy right away. After nearly an hour of walking in the mid day heat he finally spotted a car.
'Hey, over here!' Rin tried to shout excitedly but all that came out of his throat was a deep bark. He jumped up and down in the middle of the road, frustrated that he couldn't physically speak. The car slowed nearly to a stop, honking repeatedly at him to move but he continued to jump around in the road, barking in response at the car. 'Shut up and help me!'
As the vehicle stopped the driver remained in his seat, the passenger door opening slowly. Much to Rin's surprise and relief Mephisto stepped out. "Oh, it's strange to see a familiar out here, but I also sense something more..."
'It's me, it's Rin!' The black wolf wagged his tail happily, running to the demon.
"Rin." For once Mephisto sounded surprised. "We looked for a very long time to find you, I sensed your presence here but I wasn't expecting to find you like this."
At that the two got into the car together as Rin began explaining his ordeal on a very long car ride back to the academy. By the end of the trip Mephisto sat quietly listening before speaking to the wolf.
"I think it's best if no one knows who you are just yet... thankfully no one else can hear you speak, I'll have to do some investigating of my own." Mephisto exited the car, Rin on his heels.
'What about Yukio? You can tell him i'm home!' Rin suddenly perked up, he couldn't wait to see his brother again.
"I'll make sure he knows you're safe." Mephisto assured him. "But let's keep this a secret, just for a bit."
Rin's tail slowly stopped wagging and fell limp behind him. 'But I want to talk to Yukio!' Rin half shouted, tears quickly stinging the corners of his eyes. He jumped out of the car and darted off into the school campus.
"This is going to be very... interesting." Mephisto frowned to himself as he watched the large, black canine run off.
'Yukio!' Rin was screaming frantically in his head, whining softly as he ran. He spotted Kuro in the distance, curled up in the grass taking a nap. He ran towards the small cat but as he awoke his eyes widened at the sight of the beast running towards him.
'Bad dog!' Kuro screamed, puffing out his fur and turning tail to run.
'Wai...' Rin tried to yell but ran full force into a students legs, sending them both flying to the ground. Rin let out a sharp yelp, shaking his head and looking up to see Yukio on the ground next to him, rubbing his forehead. His glasses were shattered on the concrete from the impact of Rin running into him.
'Yukio.' Rin jumped to his feet, pouncing on his brother.
"Get off, filthy dog." Yukio was clearly upset by being knocked over and jumped on, he shoved Rin off violently, struggling to get back to his feet.
'It me, Yukio.' Rin let out a few anxious whines, trying desperately to get his brother to stop and listen.
As Rin paused for a moment to look his brother over he noticed Yukio looked far more stressed than usual, hair hair disheveled, clothes messy and dark lines formed under his eyes. He looked extremely exhausted.
"Go away!" Yukio suddenly yelled. Rin yelped, his ears pinning themselves down to the back of his head, his tail tucking.
Yukio brushed off his clothes before turning to walk away. Rin sat on the concrete, ears still pinned down as he looked down at the ground. He just wanted to be able to talk again, he'd been put through hell and the one person he wanted to see couldn't even understand him. As he fell victim to his own thoughts he heard a soft voice approaching him.
"Hey there little familiar, what are you doing here?" The voice belonged to Shima Renzou who was smiling kindly at him, holding out his hand as if Rin was a stray dog. "Are you friendly?" He spoke mostly to himself as he reached out and patted Rin's head.
Rin gently began to wag his tail, the small pat was the most kindness Rin had received in what felt like a lifetime. The halfling was surprised the rest of his friends weren't with him, Suguro, Konekomaru and Shima were typically inseparable. Not that Rin was complaining, he was still coming down from being rejected by Yukio.
"See ya around!" Shima smiled and waved before turning to leave. Rin let out a whimper before following after his pink haired friend. Noticing he was being followed but choosing to ignore it the exwire walked back to his dorm, turning heads as his classmates watched the large wolf following him.
"Aww."
"So cute."
"Oh, I love dogs!"
A mix of whispers sprung up behind them as they walked. Shima stopped as he arrived at his dorm, turning to look at Rin. "At least you would help me get all the ladies. Too bad I can't keep a pet in here." He smiled before entering his room, attempting to close the door behind him.
Rin wasn't used to seeing a dorm so full of people, it was nice being surrounded by the students once more but when he realized he was going to be locked out of the dorm room he wasn't having it. 'Don't you dare lock me out here!' Rin shouted, shoving past the door and running into the small room.
"Huh? No! I'm not keeping you!" Shima ran in behind Rin, grabbing his scruff and trying to pull him out of the room.
'How dare you kick me out!' Rin let out a low snarl, digging his claws into the floor and refusing to move.
"Ah it's no use." Shima gave up with a loud sigh. "It's too much effort to try to get you out of here."
'Hmph.' Rin sat down triumphantly as Shima closed and locked the door behind him, setting his school bag aside next to a small desk. The exwire had a small mini refrigerator tucked in the corner of his room where he went to retrieve what he called dinner. He pulled out convenience store food, causing Rin to shake his head. Even at the sight of the awful food Rin felt his stomach growl, he hadn't had a good meal in a very long time.
"Was that your stomach? Oh well, you're a familiar so you don't really need to eat." Shima spoke as he began to eat.
At that comment Rin growled. 'Don't really need to eat? You son of a bitch, i'll show you who doesn't need to eat.' Rin jumped at the fridge, flinging the small door open as he began scarfing down every bit of food in sight.
"No, bad!" Shima yelled suddenly, trying to pull Rin away from the fridge but the food was already gone. "Aww man that was a whole week's worth..." Shima looked defeated as Rin jumped out of his way, a confident expression plastered across his face. "I really don't like pets."
By that evening Shima looked exhausted after running out to buy more food, he returned with food and water bowls realizing that Rin demanded food and water. He had also brought back a blue collar which he spent nearly and hour fighting to put it on Rin, Shima had lost that fight.
The pink haired exwire collapsed onto his bed, letting out a loud sigh. Rin lay down on the hard floors letting out an equally stressed sigh. Rin tossed and turned, trying to find a comfortable position but had no luck. Shima watched him struggle, shaking his head.
"You can come up here. Come on." Shima patted the bed beside him. Rin hesitated before slowly standing up and jumping on the bed, laying on his side facing away from the exwire. He didn't necessarily want to lay beside him after they got on eachother's nerves all afternoon, but he really didn't want to sleep on the floor either.
Shima curled up into the black wolf, throwing his arm over him and pulling him to his chest. Rin was about to move away but he turned his head to see Shima smiling happily and chose to stay where he was. It felt nice to be held and his friend looked content. Rin let out a small sigh before falling asleep.
Review please! So I know if I should continue with this AU.
