Chapter 3

"That's it for today." Yukio smiled at the class, as they slowly got up.

Rin let out a sigh and stood up, grabbing his sword and slinging it over his shoulder. He was tired and desperately wanted to find his dorm room. The demon turned to talk to Mephisto and noticed the head of the school had ditched him. Which was just Rin's luck. He wanted to know where his dorm room was. Now he'd have to search all over the school grounds for his room.

Someone cleared there throat behind Rin, causing him to turn and look behind him. The guy with the chicken styled hair, and his buddies, were waiting for Rin to get out of the isle way. The two looked each other straight in the eyes and Rin's body froze. He could feel his muscles and bones begging him to step forward, to walk right up to the guy and-. Not even his body knew what to do after that. Rin bit his lower lip, hoping his fangs weren't noticeable, and begged his body to move out of the way. The demon could feel his brother's eyes watching him, behind his back.

"You gunna move or what?" The guy in front of him demanded.

"Bon, take it easy on him." The guy with the pale pink hair butted in, before Rin got shoved out of the way.

"I think you scared him." Baldy added.

The guy turned and looked back at the pink haired guy.

"Then you get him to move, before I plow through him, Shima."

Shima gave Bon a nod and stepped past Bon, walking up to Rin. The guy gave Rin a smile and blocked his view of Bon.

"Could you let us through, Rin? That is your name, correct?"

Rin gave him a nod and forced his body to move back. The demon bumped up against the desk in the front of the classroom, and nearly lost his balance. Rin grabbed onto the desk, to hold himself up, and looked at the floor. Bon burst into laughter and pushed past Shima, heading for the door. The guy came right up to Rin and got in his face.

"That was pathetic. You sure you want to be an exorcist?"

Before Rin could answer, Bon walked right out the door. The other two quickly followed him, Shima apologizing for Bon's behavior. When the door closed Rin still had his eyes glued to the floor, his black hair hiding the red blush across his face. Bon had come right up to him and acted like a jerk. The guy had gotten right in his face and Rin had had no energy or will power to fight back or hit the guy. Bon had rendered him helpless, useless even. It was so pathetic how he had just stood there on the isle way, gapping like an idiot. Something had to be wrong with him.

"Nii-san?"

Rin felt Yukio's hand touch his shoulder and his whole body tensed up. His knees buckled and in seconds Rin was in a sobbing heap on the floor. There was no reason for his tears, but yet he cried. His head against the front of the desk and his fingers digging into his uniform. Something was wrong with him. Something wasn't right with him. Bon must have done something to him. Rin felt like someone had unlocked all his emotions all at once, and they were spilling out.

"Nii-san!"

Yukio's hands pulled Rin's head up and looked at his older brother. Watching the tears roll down his face. Even he knew Rin had never cried, since he was little. Rin had never shed a tear since his childhood, but Yukio didn't know Rin had cried when Father Fujimoto died. Maybe he was just going soft. That had to be it. Bon had nothing to do with it. Rin was just going soft.

"Nii-san, what's wrong?"

"Nothing."

Rin pulled his face out of Yukio's hold and let his head fall back into place, his eyes glued to the floor. He couldn't let Yukio see him like this any longer. Rin got up off the floor and left the classroom, before his younger brother could protest or follow him. The demon needed time to be alone. He needed to get a hold of himself. This wasn't himself.

Rin pulled out his key and used it on a random door, finding himself where he had been before he had gone to Cram School. Standing on the grass surrounded by cherry blossom trees. The wind combed through the trees and Rin watched the petals fall to the ground, slowly covering patches of the grass with pale pink hues. The demon slowly whipped the tears from his face and grabbed his key, slamming the door shut.

Without a thought he picked a direction and pulled out the piece of paper with his dorm room number on it. He unfolded the paper and noticed the map on the bottom of the page. From the looks of it, Rin was going in the wrong direction. Not like it mattered. Rin still had to get his stuff. Not like he wanted to. He didn't want to risk the chance of running into Bon. Sure the campus was huge, but knowing Rin's luck, he'd run into the guy in a heartbeat.

To stall a bit, Rin checked out the courtyard and sat on the edge of the fountain, his back to the water rippling behind him. He didn't have to look to know what he looked like. It had been a while since he cried and he didn't want to see the pained look on his face, again. He was stronger than that, yet he had cried his eyes out in front of his younger brother, made a fool of himself in front of Bon and his buddies, avoided the chance to see the guy; and was hiding in a huge courtyard by sitting on the fountain ledge. Man was he pathetic.

"Hey, you ok?"

Rin looked up to see a fourth year girl looking at him. The demon gave her a nod and she sat beside him, crossing her legs at the knee. She pulled her brunette hair back and looked at him.

"You sure? You looked troubled."

"I'm fine. Don't bother yourself worrying about some new student." Rin muttered.

"You're a first year?"

A surprised look hit her face and Rin stood up, rolling his eyes. This had been one reason he stopped school after middle school. There were just some girls that were so clueless they made you want to yank your eyes out of your sockets. They were such bad eyesores.

Despite the fact he'd been bothered, Rin headed to get his stuff anyway. Other than the fact the girl had acted like a total idiot, Rin felt like himself again. Even if he ran into Bon now he'd be perfectly fine. Rin wasn't going soft and there defiantly wasn't anything wrong with him. At least, that's what he thought. As Rin stepped into the main hall, and got in line for the temporary baggage check, the demon noticed Bon talking to his friends; as they rode down the escalator. Rin's whole body tensed, as he quickly turned away, and continued with the line.

By the time Rin handed his ticket over to the woman at the desk, Bon was already off and was heading across the huge lobby.

'Please don't see me. Please don't see me.' Rin begged in his head, as the woman gave Rin his duffle bag.

He quickly took it from her hands and headed for the entrance to the main school, hoping he'd make it out without being seen.

"Hey, Bon. It's Rin." Shima's voice called out.

Rin growled low in his throat and swore to himself he'd beat the crap out of the guy later. So much for not being seen.

"So, what?" Bon said in a disgusted tone, as he got in line. "I don't even see why he's here. Pathetic."

Something snapped in Rin and he whipped around, walking right up to the guy. Shima and baldy looked at him in surprise as Bon glared at Rin, Rin glaring up at Bon.

"You know why I'm here." Rin growled, feeling his body fill up with rage.

"I seriously doubt you'd be able to get rid of a Coal Tar, without bursting into tears." Bon argued, as Rin looked at him in total shock. Yukio was the only one who had seen him cry.

"That was an accident. I hit an injury I got recently." Rin lied, feeling his anger ebb away. "It hurt like hell, that's why I couldn't look you in the face."

"Then you want to show it to me now?"

"Wait, what?"

"You said you hurt your injury. Let me see your injury." Bon crossed his arms across his chest.

"Uh, well…" Rin looked away and clenched the strap on his duffle bag tightly. "You see, I just got it patched up by Yukio and he doesn't want me to open it, again. So-"

"I knew it, your lying."

"I'm not lying!" Rin yelled, trying to keep his inner fire in check.

Some students stared at the pair, as they walked past. Rin with is mouth clamped shut, his teeth grinding against each other, and Bon glaring down at the demon with pure hatred in his gaze.

"Fine, show me tomorrow." Bon demanded.

"Tomorrow?"

"It won't be healed by tomorrow, so show me then. I'll be waiting a the courtyard, at noon. " Bon leaned down and jabbed Rin's chest. "Don't be late."

"I won't be." Rin growled, before walking off.

As the main door shut behind him, Rin brought a hand to his chest. It felt like someone had set his chest in fire. It almost hurt. Rin shook his head furiously and headed out to find his dorm room. He needed sleep and he needed to get ready for tomorrow. No doubt if Rin didn't show, Bon would never let him live it down. It'd be even worse if he showed up tomorrow without a wound on his back. Bon would never let that go. After all, it was just one cut. He'd have to live with a day or two. It could be worse.

Scarlett: There we go! *grins and flops back in seat* i really have a hard time trying to think like a guy, so i tried my best with this chapter when i wrote it first. I think i did alright. And there is alot more Bon in this one. Chapter 4 is completly dealing with Bon and Rin, and a blast from the past! 3

Rin and Bon do not belong to me. These characters belong to Kazue Kato.