Yukio had always been fond of the eccentric principal he had adopted them after all. But he had never been fond of the company that the man kept. Well the only company that Yukio actually met was Amaimon, their half brother. And that was when he was pummeling Rin into the ground. He was rather annoyed that he had to come in the middle of the night to heal the very person that had heart his brother before. He had left his brother in his warm bed, he whimpered when Yukio got out of bed. The warm body against his was almost too much for him to take. He wanted to be back in bed so much that he was willing to almost beg for it. And Yukio never begged for anything.

He knocked lightly on the door , he really didn't wait for an answer. He just pushed his way in, the principal was pacing.

"Mister Pheles?

"Yukio-san thank you for coming. He's over here."

Mephisto led the man with the glasses over to the satin pillow that was resting on his desk. Yukio paused just looking down at the small creature in the pillow. Trying in vain to suppress a laugh.

"What do you think? Can you get him out of this form?"

He snorted, then raised his face to the principal.

"When you said he transformed, I thought it was going to be into something a little more terrifying. He's not exactly the stuff nightmares are made of."

Mephisto wanted to hit him, he truly did. But he refrained. He opened his mouth and trusted his voice to be strong.

"Yukio, please."

"Alright fine I'll look at him."

For an hour the young exorcist inspected the small demon. With every passing minute the demon became more and more agitated. At last the man with the glasses stood and walked over to where Mephisto was sitting, drinking a cup of tea and trying to steady his body.

"Mephisto."

The demon snapped his head up.

"What is it?"

Yukio sat in the chair next to Mephisto and poured himself a cup of tea from the deserted tea tray.

"Your brother is stable or now, he should wake up in a few minutes."

"What about his hamster form"

"That is was I am not sure of. It seems like a fall back form. Like when his human form is threatened he reverts back into this one."

The older demon rubbed a hand down his pale face, tugging gently on his goatee.

"If I may ask Mephisto, how did he get like this?"

Their eyes met for a moment. The young exorcist was handsome he would make a girl or boy a good husband one day.

"Our father "

Yukio paled visibly and his hand began to shake.

"Our father?"

"Yes he sent flames, and well…. You know the rest."

He really didn't know anything really. That was what frustrated him about the principal. He gave him just enough information, but not enough to actually put the pieces together.

"If that is all, I must leave I have class notes to make."

The demon and the exorcist stood, bowed to the other, and yukio took his leave. Mephisto walked over to the desk and sat down in his leather chair, watching the small creature on the pillow twitch.

"Aww Amaimon whatever form you are in you are still damn cute."

The little hamster squeaked suddenly and his eyes fluttered open.

"Anuie?"

The older demon jumped, his hands tightening around the leather arm, nails poking into the thin arm.

"Damn."

"Brother what happen."

The older demon sighed cracking his knuckles.

"I'm sorry Amaimon. Father…. Well… you're a hamster."

The small creature held out his hands, then let out a screech.

"How could this have happened? I thought I was safe here. You told me that he couldn't get to me here. You promised me."

"Well I lied."

The older demon snapped, he hadn't meant to, nor did he really lie. It was an evil glaring coincidence that smacked them both in the face like a tractor trailer. The small demon squeaked, and ran under Mephisto's top hat that was resting on the table.

"There's no need to snap brother. It's not fair."

Mephisto closed his eyes for a moment, letting his breath steady.

"I'm sorry, so so sorry this shouldn't have happened. When I pulled you from Gehanna I promised you that you would be safe, I lied. I saw the slight chance that father might target you for leaving. But I never expected him to go this far with it, trying to kill you I mean. "

Amaimon poked his small head out from under the hat.

"So you actually lied to me."

"Yes but…."

"You said that you would never lie to me. You promised me that from childhood."

"God damnit Amaimon, your killing me here."

"No you almost killed me."

The demon's mouth was hanging open, then he whimpered slightly his shoulders collapsing.

"I'm sorry brother I didn't mean…..This wasn't my fault Amaimon."

"How is this not your fault?"

Mephisto sighed, reached out and ran a finger across his hamster brother's head. Amaimon bit down hard on the pianist like finger. He didn't want to be petted, he wanted to punch someone. The perfect target would be Rin. Not that he could really do much harm to him.

The older demon removed his finger, staring down at the bite wound on it. Seeing the blood well up and run down the thin finger.

"Do you ever wonder how this stuff keeps us alive?"

He made the droplet run around his finger gracefully, then stuck it into his mouth and lapped the blood up. Savoring it. The coppery taste salted his senses first, that glorious taste of blood that each demon and human possessed. Looking past that taste into the blood itself. He could taste the sweetness, that ever present lust that was pulsing just underneath his body. It was a remarkable taste, one that a demon could over dose on

The hamster was watching his brother, suck his finger, his eyes closed

"That's not exactly what I am wondering at this very moment. "

Those green eyes flickered open.

"Then what do you wonder?"

"What is Rin doing now?"

That caught Mephisto off guard.

"Wha…."

"Well now I can hang out with you all the time. This is perfect."

"How the fuck is this perfect."

"Are you not listening Anuie."

It was all the older demon could do not shiver.

"I can sit on your top hat and watch everything. I can hang out with you and Rin now without being seen."

Mephisto had to admit that his brother was clever. But he didn't like the fact that his brother was so suddenly happy about this situation. He almost seemed like he was in shock. That would have to be resolved later. The older demon sighed and gathered the little creature up and placed him on his top hat. His brother squealed in delight.

"Where are we going Anuie?"

He shivered slightly and stood, placing a hand onto the table to steady his shaky body.

"We are going to the grocery store. Because I'm out of Ramen."

"Oh the atrocity."

The older demon flipped his head causing the little one to fly up and cling to the hat with death grip.

"It is an atrocity to me."