Hello everyone~ I have another update for you, yay! And thank you for the extra reviews :) they really cheered me up the last week, cos I was feeling kinda stressed with all my revision and stuff, but I only have two psychology mock exams tomorrow and then I'm done :D

Anyway I hope this chapter makes it clearer as to why Rin hates Satan and what happened to Shiro, there's a mention of torture as well, but I didn't go into detail, so I don't think I need to move the rating up to a T but if anyone disagrees please just leave a review and I'll change it :)

Hope you enjoy the chapter~ :D

The blue haired demon was kneeling before him, his eyes cast to the floor showing respect to his summoner.

"Rin? You can get up you know...?" As soon as Bon had finished his sentence Rin rose fluidly, still keeping his eyes on the floor.

"Rin? What's wrong?" Bon didn't particularly care, he was just curious. At least that was what he told himself, but as he looked at Rin he remembered the flash of fear that had passed over his face as Bon had torn the summoning paper.

"Nothing Suguro. Everything is fine." Rin held his breath for a second and then exhaled slowly. "I'd like to apologize for my behavior last time, I was...in the wrong."

But he hadn't been, what Rin had done was perfectly normal in demon society. It wasn't particularly pleasant, but it was to be expected. But Bon had let it drop and instead turned away to do his school work.

"...is there anything you need Suguro?" Rin asked, looking uncomfortable.

"No, I'm fine."

Rin paused "then why did you summon me again?"

"Well I had to at some point, so why not now?" Bon said impatiently, trying to do his work.

Rin had noticed his irritation then and backed off immediately, moving away from Bon's desk and on to one of the bottom bunks in the room. He'd soon slipped into unconsciousness as his thoughts overwhelmed him.

Bon was still working an hour and a half later, the stupid demon had fallen asleep a long while ago and had been snoring softly, fortunately it wasn't loud enough to distract Bon. Bon continued working, nearly finished now, when he heard a whimpering noise behind him, followed by the rustling of bed sheets. Bon turned to see Rin writhing on the bed, a look of pain on his face, his eyes shut tight.

"Hey, Rin. Wake up, you're dreaming" the teen spoke, hoping the words alone would wake up his familiar. Unfortunately however, they didn't, and so Bon got off his chair, moving so he could shake his demon awake. The demon continued to whimper and curled himself into a ball as Bon reached out to shake him.

Bon sighed before taking hold of the boys shoulder and shaking him lightly. Rin had woken immediately, his eyes snapping open as he jolted away from Bon's hand, breathing harsh and uneven.

"Rin? It's ok, you were just having a nightmare, it's fine" why was he being so nice all of a sudden? The demon didn't deserve it. But then Bon remembered Rin's eyes filled with fear as he had torn the summoning paper in two, and he decided there was no harm in being kind to the demon. It wasn't like cruelty to the demon would benefit him, apart from taking his anger out on a demon who wasn't responsible for all the pain he had gone through, he had to wait until he found Satan for that.

Rin had edged away even further as his summoner spoke to him before opening his mouth to speak. "I'm ok now. You can go." Rin spoke dismissively.

Bon stood up then, glaring down at his demon.

"That's a bit rude don't you think, demon?" Rin had flinched at the suddenly harsh tone directed his way and had lifted one of his hands to rub his wrist as he refused to look to Bon.

Bon exhaled, willing his irritation away. "What's going on Rin? Why are you acting so different?"

Rin had sighed then, relaxing slightly before he softly whispered something.

"Please, just leave me alone."

Bon had left then, going for a shower before changing into his pyjamas, deciding to leave the last of his homework for tomorrow, he was ahead by a few days anyway and the little bit that was left really wouldn't take too long. He'd been rather shocked, and a little bit irritated, at the way Rin was acting, but thought little more about it until he came out from the bathroom and entered the bedroom to hear Rin quietly crying.

After a few seconds Rin noticed Bon had entered as he stiffened and stopped crying, ignoring his summoner completely, lying on the bed facing the wall.

"Rin. What's going on? Why are you crying?" He looked so human in this moment, curled up in a ball, crying, he didn't look like a demon at all.

Rin continued to ignore him, doing nothing as Bon walked over to him.

"Rin, tell me what is going on. Now." A harsh note entered Bon's voice as he became impatient with the demon.

Rin hid his face in his arms as he mumbled a reply. "It doesn't matter. Go away"

Bon growled, he was fed up with this behaviour. "Rin, under the contract I demand that you tell me what's wrong"

Finally Rin turned back towards Bon, uncurling from the ball he was in and lifting his head. He looked up pleadingly.

"Please don't send me back, please! I hate it there, they'll hurt me again, please, please don't send me back!" Rin had risen to his knees at this point, dropping his head to hide the tears in his eyes.

"Send you back? Back where? ...Gehenna?"

Rin had made a quiet keening noise as Bon mentioned the home of the demon, holding his sides in an attempt to comfort himself.

Bon sat down next to his familiar, deciding he couldn't take the demon acting this way, he felt too guilty. And seeing a demon look so weak made him feel uncomfortable.

"Rin, come on, it's ok. I won't send you back to Gehenna unless you attack me again. I'm not supposed to dismiss you unless absolutely necessary, remember?" Bon lifted his hand hesitantly, pausing before he rested his hand on Rin's back and started rubbing small circles of comfort into his back.

Rin breathed out, flinching slightly when Bon touched his back, before leaning towards his summoner. "Please, I won't attack you again, just don't send me back. Please."

"Ok, I won't Rin. You'll be ok."

"But you could. You could easily send me back, all you have to do is rip that piece of paper, I can't do anything to stop you. I'm just a familiar, I have no control over what you do with me. I can't do anything, but sit and hope that I'm still useful enough to keep around. I called you weak...but really, it's me who's the weak one" Rin pulled his legs up from under him, clutching them to his chest so he could hide his face on his knees.

Bon sat startled, he really hadn't expected a demon to have such human emotions, to feel so much pain. He really wasn't good at comforting other humans, let alone a demon. But he couldn't bear to see the demon like this any longer, so he pulled the demon towards him, allowing him to rest his head on his shoulder, as the demon's legs unfolded and he rested his feet on the floor, before he went back to rubbing circles into the demon boy's back.

"You're not weak Rin, I've seen you fight other demons and you're amazing. Having emotions doesn't make you weak, it's being able to deal with those emotions that makes you strong-"

"But I'm not dealing with them! I'm losing!"

"Well you'll just have to learn then, I'll help you. You can do this."

"But I'm like a human" Rin whispered under his breath, only just loud enough for Bon to hear it.

"There is nothing wrong with being human, Rin. In fact, I'd say it's a pretty good deal!"

Rin smiled at that, a small watery smile, but it was soon wiped off his face as he started worrying again.

"No, you don't understand, I'm a demon! I can't be like a human, or they'll hurt me..." Rin trailed off.

"What happened in Gehenna, Rin? Who hurt you?"

"All of them, all the other demons, my brothers...Satan. whenever I was too much like a human they hurt me, if I didn't do something right they hurt me, I just wanted to go back to living with Father Shiro and Yukio and being happy, but Satan took all that from me! I didn't choose to be Satan's son, I didn't want his stupid powers! I wanted to be with Yukio and Father Shiro! But Satan killed him and Yukio hates me! He said it was my fault that the old man was killed! But it's not, It's not my fault, it's not my fault!" Rin was starting to panic, losing himself to the thoughts of his past, of how he'd been stolen from his family several years ago, how the demons had tortured him endlessly, how no matter how much he begged and pleaded they refused to let him see Yukio.

"Rin, listen to me, come on, breathe. In and out. Yeah, just like that. You're doing great." Gradually the demon calmed down, his tears stopped as he rested his head on Bon's shoulder, too tired to continue.

Bon hadn't been too surprised by what Rin had said. Yukio had taken him aside after he had dismissed Rin and explained their past, how they were twins born of Satan and a human, how Father Shiro had raised them until several years ago, when Satan had suddenly come to take Rim back to Gehenna, wanting to improve his son's demonic powers. But Father Shiro had fought him, being killed in the processs. Meaning Rin was taken to Gehenna and Yukio was left with the church, without his father.

Bon held his familiar in his arms, letting Rin calm down some more before speaking again. "Rin, I won't send you back there. I won't let them hurt you again. You can stay here with me and Yukio and we won't hurt you, ok? You can be as human as you like now. None of this is your fault." Bon stroked the blue hair of his familiar as he let the words sink in. He was going to make sure Rin and Yukio had a talk soon, he was sure Yukio didn't really hate Rin, and they needed to talk through what had happened to them and open up to one another, but right now Rin just needed to know he was safe and cared for.

Several minutes passed before Rin spoke quietly. "Thank you Suguro."

"Call me Bon" he replied, smiling down as his demon looked up to him with shock and joy in his expression.