I may not be able to post another chapter for a few days from now thanks to work BUT I'm coming up with ideas in the meantime hehehe.

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Upon packing and arriving at the parked cars everyone was informed of the mission they were setting off on. It seemed a bunch of weaker demons had invaded a public beach, terrorizing guests at night and driving people out of the local hotels and bars. Of course the only thing any of the exwires really heard was 'beach'.
Shima, Suguro and Rin jumped in the backseat of one of the cars, Konekomaru jumping up front. The rest of the group shared the secondary car. "So ya got a name for yer pet?" Suguro spoke, glaring at the large demon that was taking up most of the space in the car.

"Rin." Shima closed his eyes and smiled.

"That's a sick joke, isn't it?" Suguro actually seemed a little irritated at Shima's calm demeanor.

"Yea that's not a very good name to throw around." Konekomaru agreed with his friend.

"It's not a joke, it's his name, right Rin?" Shima gave him a small scratch behind the ear.

"I hope we find him soon..." Konekomaru sounded a little sad as he slouched his head down.

"No worries, of course we will! He's too stubborn to die." Suguro responded.

"It's been 5 months, nearly half a year, maybe he's switched sides on us?" Shima suggested.

Suguro growled under his breath, "He got on my damn nerves but he would never betray us!"

Rin was shocked by those words, he never realized Suguro thought so highly of him, it made him feel good but sad at the same time. 'Five months? I was gone that long... Yukio and Kuro must be worried sick, I really wish I could talk to everyone... the only one who took me in was...' Rin's eyes wandered over the pink haired exwire before he leaned his shoulder against him, '...Shima.'

Once they arrived at the hotel the group was seperated into rooms, Suguro, Shima and Konekomaru together, then the two girls and Yukio chose to be by himself. Rin watched over his shoulder as Yukio walked to his room alone, he wanted to run after him but he knew he would be rejected again. He just had to keep praying Mephisto would help him return to his own body soon. He turned his head slowly forward, ears back as he followed Shima down the hall to their room.

"Hm, something wrong?" He looked down at the black wolf.

"Hmph." Suguro walked past the two to unlock their door and enter the room.

Rin's blue eyes met with Shima's for a moment. 'I'm glad I have you, you've been kind to me.'

As Suguro opened the door Rin suddenly switched to being excited at the sight of two very large, rather comfortable looking beds. 'Ohhhhhh!' He darted into the room, jumping onto the bed he declared his own.

"Get off the beds ya dirty mutt!" Suguro shouted angrily at the sight.

"Leave him alone, Bon, he sleeps in bed with me." Shima retorted, watching Rin jump happily up and down on the bed.

"Well I guess i'll share a bed with Bon then." Koneko spoke cheerfully.

"Wonderful." Suguro sighed heavily.

Everyone had fallen asleep early that evening so they could prepare to wake up extremely early to chase down some minor demons. Rin and Shima were cuddled up under the blankets of their bed and snoring peacefully.

Rin had always been a heavy sleeper but he awoke suddenly to a dark feeling crashing over him. He sensed something ominous and powerful, it made him feel uneasy. He looked over at Shima who had his arms wrapped around him, using him as a giant, furry pillow. He didn't want to wake him so he carefully and slowly pulled away from him and jumped off the bed. Thankfully the hotel doors had easy to open handles since he no longer had opposable thumbs as he made his way outside into the dark.

The followed his senses to the dark shoreline, the sound of the waves crashing against the shore helped to calm his nerves a little but he still had a bad feeling. His senses proved him right as a shadowy figure approached him.

'Who's there?' Rin snarled, baring his fangs aggressively.

'I sense a powerful demon in my territory, I will be the one to dispose of you.' The figure spoke, it appeared to be a terrifying demon, towering over Rin with a set of nasty looking horns and large claws.

As the large demon lashed out Rin swiftly dodged, his powerful legs proving to be quick as he began to circle the beast like a wolf closing in on prey.

"Rin!" Rin jumped at the sound of his name being yelled, the momentary lapse in concentration gave the larger demon a chance to lash out with it's claws, landing a clean hit to Rin's flank. Rin let out a sharp yelp as he saw Shima running down the beach.

The beast reared back it's arm to try to strike Rin one more time but as he lurched forward to pierce him Shima moved with lightning speed, his K'rik crashing against the demons claws and throwing it off balance.

"You bad boy." The exwire looked up at the demon. "Don't you touch my pet."

Rin's eyes met with Shima's before the pink haired boy cracked a smile and laughed. "Hahah see I came to save you, I must really love you!"

Rin was dumbfounded by his behavior, he was staring death in the face and laughing, he was either very brave, or very dumb. The demon was outraged at this point, making terrible screaming sounds as it rushed towards Shima, but the exwire easily dodged it.

Rin took the opportunity to rush in at the beasts heels, biting down hard on it's leg. He could hear bone cracking under his powerful bite. But the demon quickly grabbed Rin by the scruff of his neck, lifting him off his feet. As the wolf yelped the demon threw him aside, sending him head over heels through the sand.

"I guess I have no choice..." Shima muttered as the beast ran head first towards him. He clasped his hands together, beginning to chant.

Rin forced himself back to his feet, shaking the sand from his fur as he looked up. He'd never heard that chant before, he had a bad feeling rising in his chest. As the feeling grew worse and worse he let out a low, long howl.

"Give me some help here, Yamantaka." Shima shouted, black flames suddenly dancing off his body. The demon paused mid step to cower in fear at the sight of the flames. An even bigger, more powerful beast arose behind Shima, jumping forward to consume the other demon whole, the black flames disintegrating it's body. As the dark and evil flames subsided and vanished Shima fell forward into the sand.

'Shima!' Rin shouted, limping over to the pink haired exwire.

"Rin?" Shima's vision blurred as he squinted his eyes at his familiar.

"Shima." Rin repeated over and over, falling to his knees. He was no longer in his wolf body but his mind was too flustered to notice. He picked up the pink haired boy, cradling him in his lap.

"It seems my body couldn't handle all of that." Shima muttered as he reached up and touched Rin's cheek. "Good boy, Rin, now don't run away again okay?" He seemed spaced out as he closed his eyes, passing out.

Rin picked him up on his back, carrying him down the beach slowly. He had many questions, he didn't understand why Shima was summoning such a high level demon. Why would Shima hide something that important from everyone else? He wanted to ask all of those things but as he made it back to the hotel room he was saddened as he reverted back into his wolf body after he lay Shima on the bed.

Suguro and Konekomaru were still sound asleep as Rin let out a low sigh, crawling onto the bed and curling up beside Shima, watching his face as he slept. 'Shima, I don't really understand you, and I don't know why I feel the way I do. But I like sleeping with you like this.'

Yay! Sorry it took so long for the relationships between the characters to develop heheh xD This IS a romance fanfic, I just hope it isn't moving a little too slow, the next chapter will certainly be interesting though.

As always, REVIEW PLEASE! I will love you forever, I promise!