Hey guys! Guess who finally found out the password from her account?! Oh, alright it took like two minutes to find it out so I don't really have any convincing excuses for not updating for... wow! that was long... well, I surely have a talent for not losing my readers o.o I don't really know if anybody remembers this story, but if there is someone who was actually waiting for this... THE THIRD CHAPTER IS OUT! It's not really long, but in the end I was able to kick my big lazy ass and write something soooo...it's better than nothing for another year right? Right?!

While I was writing this I made an oath to myself to write one chapter every week but... well, you know :P

Also the name of this chapter...it's midnight alright! I just didn't know how to name this xD

I wonder whether he realizes it is a fish name

Fighting against demons inside the building is the worst. And even worse than that is fighting inside the place where I grew up.

Every time the demons attacked, some parts of my home were destroyed. If it continues like this, there won't be any monastery when the old man returns. I thought angrily.

Coal tar was everywhere and new ghouls appeared every minute. I stayed beside one of the priests who was chanting with the sheathed sword in my hand. I didn't dare to unsheathe it, not yet. But I used it as a rod hitting every demon that dared to come too close. And they did dare.

One of the ghouls that had an appearance of a dog with his ribs sticking out of his rotten body charged at me at a speed that I had to wonder how it was possible that its decaying body didn't break apart. I hit it hard with the sword right into the right eye. The ghoul screamed. I've never heard more unpleasant sound in my life. Imagine a cat being chocked to death multiplied by twenty times. You got it? Well, this was worse. But not as bad as the stench of a dead body.

Suddenly, I realized that I couldn't breathe. Only then I noticed the cloud of miasma surrounding the ghoul's body. How could I have overlooked something like that?! And as if it wasn't enough, I couldn't pull the sword out! I struggled for about a minute and eventually managed to get my sword out of the creature's eye. Too bad I was paralysed for quite a while. Out of oxygen I was trying to focus on the battle. But it wasn't that easy.

The ghoul would surely has torn me into pieces unless my familiar had appeared. The Nemean lion charged at the zombie dog taking him into the mouth and crushing him between his teeth. When the big cat spit it out there was only some of the bones and rotten flesh. It looked like the lion ate half of it.

I tried not the vomit thinking about the taste of a dead body and turned to my familiar.

"Thanks, Nemo!" I managed a smile.

The big cat growled displeased with that nickname. Well, I actually didn't know whether he had a real name. The old man said that Nemean lion wasn't his name but had no idea how I should call him. So I chose Nemo. But it seemed the big cat hated it. I wonder whether he realizes it is a fish name. I hoped he didn't see Finding Nemo. Actually I named him Nemo III. The first Nemo was from the movie and the second one was Yukio's golden fish that had to leave to fight the evil kraken... Now that I think about it, why the hell would a tiny fish leave its family to fight a kraken?

The lion jumped back into the chaos and I quickly put myself together. There will be the time to worry about the long lost pet later. The priest behind me was in need of my sword-stick.

"There is too many demons. How the hell did so many get inside?"

I felt a little bit uneasy. I never really felt nervous neither scared fighting demons. But now I had both of these feelings. Something was wrong. We knew that once the long suppressed flames leak through the seal it will alert the demons nearby and draw them near. But I couldn't believe that so many demons would appear. And they got through the barriers like it was nothing. I didn't like it at all.

"There is no way we are gonna kill them all! We should grab Yukio and get out of here!" I shouted for everyone to hear.

Apparently I wasn't the only one thinking that. We all pulled back into the corridor protected by another barrier and hurried to my and Yukio's room. He was waiting there, fear in his eyes and another priest by his side.

"Is it bad?" the priest asked immediately.

We all nodded and I grabbed Yukio dragging him along and trying to ignore his questions. There would be plenty of time for the question-answer thing later. I squeezed his hand hard and didn't allow him to wreck it free running toward the back exit. The priests were much slower and unfortunately, so was Yukio.

"Nii-san! Too fast... slow down!" He almost screamed but I didn't listen.

Sorry, Yukio. But we need to get out as soon as possible. I tightened my grip and kept running.

"Rin! Wait! What about Kurikara?" I heard the priests yelling at me and I slowed down.

Shit! I completely forgot about it! I cursed and let go of my brother's hand.

"Nii-san?" Yukio stared at me with a confusion but I chose to ignore him.

He will be pissed at me a lot later. I knew he wouldn't forgive me for my behavior that easily. Yet I didn't try to be a bit considerate at all. What should we do about the sword? We couldn't go get it. We didn't have an access to it. But we couldn't just leave the sword here together with demons. I was completely lost there.

"If we leave it where it is, will the demons get to it?" I asked them but they didn't seem to know more than I did.

"Nii-san, what is Kurikara?" Yukio asked stretching his hand.

It seemed that my grip had been too tight. I could already see a bruise around his wrist.

"It's a sword where your powers are sealed," I answered shortly and bit my lip thinking.

Not that I was able to come to anything like a solution to this problem.

"You get Yukio to the safety. I will head back and wait for the old man. Once he returns, we will grab koumaken and meet you guys," I decided.

No one was happy about it, of course, but at the end they all agreed to that plan. Except for Yukio.

"You said there are demons, right? Then it's dangerous!"

"Don't you worry about me," I smiled, "Nemo will protect me."

"What? Nemo? Like the Captain Nemo of Nautilus?"

"What the hell?" I looked at my brother with absolutely no idea what he was talking about.

"Never mind, I will be right back. I promise," I said and run back the way we came.

I had the feeling they were following me for a while but I was a way faster than any of them. It is kind of strange actually. My physical ability, I mean. I'd always been a lot stronger than anyone else. Well, I guess I should say that I'd always been stronger than the others. Someone, I really don't remember who, once suggested that it was because I was a half-demon too, but all my medical examinations brought the same results. I was just an ordinary human being. There was nothing supernatural about my body. I was just strong and fast and that was all. Well, that and short-tempered on the top of that. The mix of the those things never ends well, especially in my case.

I didn't noticed when but suddenly I was at the edge of the barrier. I stopped at the end of the hallway and looked to the eyes of a furry demon with a head of a crow. The furry demon exchanged looks with me, then cawed at me and disappeared into Nemo's stomach the next second.

"Yummy," I grinned and stayed behind the barrier watching my familiar jumping from one demon onto another chewing their heads off. Seriously, he could be such a brute some times. But I liked him nonetheless. He saved my life multiple times after all.

I stayed where I was, waiting for the old priest who might have not been coming for the next few hours, watching the bloody carnage my familiar was causing and in the end questioning my sanity. Seeing Nemo tearing bodies into shreds had not affected me at all. Normal people would be at least disgusted or pretty much horrified, wouldn't they? When did I get used to something like this? Being a violent child is one thing but even I wasn't really alright after seeing a demon getting eliminated for the first time. It wasn't a nice scene. And I was just a kid at that time. I actually had nightmares after that, but I never told anyone. Thank God I never screamed in my sleep while having a bad dream.

Suddenly, I felt something was wrong. Yet it took me a while to figure it out what exactly. The miasma! I realized that I was suddenly engulfed by it. The barrier got broken! I frowned and reached for a holy water grenade in my belt. But before I could do anything with the weapon, something hit me so hard that it sent me flying into the wall. It hurt. Damn, it hurt! But before I could get back to my feet, the same unknown force (or at least I thought it was the same one) grabbed me by my neck and pushed me against the wall. I tried to hit it with the sheathed sword but then I found out that I didn't hold it in my hand anymore. I must have dropped it during the impact.

"You know, Okumura, I was kind of surprised to find out that your brother was the demon one. It kind of disappointed me. And know I am disappointed once more. To think you are this weak..." an evil smirk ran across my attacker's face and I realized that I recognized it. Yet I really doubted that this scary teenager with horns and a tail was the same Reiji Shiratori I used to get into fights with.

In the memory of Nemo II,

my brother's beloved fish

I swear I fed her every day!