Chapter 4: Three Vitals & A Truth

"AHHHHHH! I OVER SLEPT!"

My golden eyes snapped open with a growl," …Rin."

"Come on man! Why didn't you wake me up!?"

"I tried three separate times, but you wouldn't move. I figured that you must have been pretty wiped out so I just left you alone."

"I don't care if you're playing the good brother", Rin stated as he sat down at the table. "Tomorrow try four times!"

"Rin", I growled. My tail struck out and pulled his chair out from under him. Then I grabbed him by the ankle before dragging him towards me. Leaning down, I grabbed him by his tie.

"Don't you ever wake me up like that again", I hissed while baring my fangs.

"U-uh, Yukio", Rin called out.

I heard the younger twin sigh," Ryuu, put him down. You don't know where he's been. Besides, your breakfast is ready."

With a final growl, I slammed Rin back onto the hard flooring. I started to hum; causing my eyes to change back to their silvery color. Still humming, I sat down next to Yukio before diving into my food.

"Man, that hurt dude!"

I ignored him, shoveling eggs into my mouth. Rin grumbled something before getting back into his seat. The guy was practically inhaling the food on his tray.

"Shouldn't you get going, Rin?"

"I have to fuel up, I have marathon to run third period. And why don't you harp on Ryuu, I mean seriously, he's never up this early for school!"

I swallowed," That's because I don't have a first period."

Yukio nodded," With all the information he already knows, Ryuu has a study period instead of a class for first period. Plus, that also prevents what just happened, from happening, but worse. Well, I'm gonna head out. Don't eat so fast Rin, at that pace you're gonna pop."

"What the hell are you, my mom!?"

I watched as Rin finished, drop his tray off, and run out the door. Shrugging, I turned the music on my ipod up.

Sighing in relief, I looked towards the kitchen," Morning."

A little voice gave a reply, which I snickered at," Yea, they are weird. But, then again, I'm stranger than both of them."

The little voice agreed with me.

xDevilXDemonx

Lunch hour was possible more lethal than facing off a Reaper alone. No joke. That is why I always brought my lunch.

I glanced at the hungry crowd before jumping up and grabbing a branch. Swinging my legs up for leverage, I spun up to sit on the branch. My lunch was in a box kept in a brown sack. I pulled out the container and ripped the top off. There was rice, egg rolls, and sausages inside.

Clapping my hands together I announced, "Thank you for the meal!"

My chopsticks broke apart easily with a snap.

Humming, I bite into a sausage. Tender juices flooded my mouth with ease.

When I heard louder commotion than usual, I looked up only to see Yukio and Rin hightailing it into the school. Swallowing, I wondered what they were up to.

But, my lunch was far too good to care at the moment.

A grin spread across my face as I ate. Nothing could have been better. Music and good food, the best.

"Hey, Ryuu! What are you doing up there?"

"Huh?"

I looked down to my left. Shima, Bon, and Konekomaru were standing there with their lunches.

"Sup guys?"

"Why are you eating in a tree", Shima asked.

"Why not? Besides, people can't see me unless their looking."

"You're gonna break your arm, dumbass", Bon stated.

I snorted and shoved the rest of my rice in my mouth, "What was with the commotion earlier? All I saw was Yukio and Rin making a run for it."

"Oh that jackass, he tried to steal my lunch."

"That sounds about right", I snickered before slipping down onto the ground.

"So, do you want to come study with us after cram school, today", Konekomaru asked.

"Sure, sounds like fun."

xDevilXDemonx

Studying with Bon and the others was intense. So intense in fact, that I didn't get home till late. I was a little surprised to see Rin in the hall when I walked in.

"Rin, you're up late."

"Huh? Oh, Ryuu, we have you been? It's almost midnight!"

I rubbed the back of my neck," Out studying, I lost track of time. What are you doing up?"

"Eh, just doing stuff."

I snorted," Whatever, I'm going to bed."

It was so late, and I was so tried, that I didn't notice the smell of cooked food.

Big mistake.

Anyway, the next morning, I awoke to more yelling. Opening my eyes, feral growls racked through my body. I needed sleep too, I was still half human!

"YOU FOUR-EYED MOLE FACE!"

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A FOUR-EYED MOLE FACE!?"

"SHUT UP-" the rest was muffled out because I was out of my room and racing down the hall within moments. I was going to kill both of them after hanging them by their ankles and carving 'SILENCE IS KEY' all over their bodies!

"…You said we're the only ones living in this building, remember", Rin yelled at his twin. "…We are alone, aren't we?"

"No", I growled in a low voice before I smacked Rin into his brother with my tail.

"What the hell!?"

"You idiots woke me up!" I started giggling as I lowered myself to all fours," Now, I'm going to make sure that it won't ever happen again."

They both blinked and sweated," How?"

More giggling escaped from me as I tilted my head," Well…I heard that tongue was really good, so I want to try it fresh."

"DUDE", Rin exclaimed.

Yukio shoved Rin off of him," Ryuu, calm down, now is not that time for this."

My tail swayed over my head," Really? Do tell when I can begin before I just go on with it anyways."

"There's another Demon in the house."

My body went tense; my tail stopping in mid-air. Slowly, my golden eyes met the exorcist twin. A grin crawled across my face.

"Well then, it looks like I have another play thing. I hate it went anything trespasses on my territory you know."

"God, how are you the same person", Rin wondered under his breath.

Rin scurried backwards when I growled in his direction. A noise filtered through out the air, a chopping noise that was slow and defiant. I followed the twins down stairs while giggling with excitement. This was going to be fun depending on how powerful the demon was.

"Gentlemen, morning."

"Mephisto", I questioned when I spotted the Demon inside the kitchen.

"A-all this time it was you", Yukio questioned. "You're the ones that's been cooking all our meals for us since we got here!?"

I blinked.

Laughter erupted from me, and I fell against the counter. Rin glared at me; demanding what the hell was so funny. But, I couldn't stop. This was priceless! How could Yukio, an exorcist, not notice a demon in his dorm!? Rin was understandable, but his twin was supposed to be some big shot exorcist. So much for that theory.

"I've been doing no such thing, I'm just a temporary replacement", Mephisto explained.

"Replacement", they both asked.

"Temporary, the one usually in charge of your meals is Ukaboch."

"Ukaboch", Rin wondered.

"I know that name", Yukio said in realization. "I think he's a stove spirit. He sneaks into the kitchen when humans are sleeping and makes the food taste better."

"Spoken like a true instructor, good answer", the demon director stated as he pointed his knife at the pair. "Up until now, he's been loyally carrying out his duties here as my familiar. Yesterday though, the two of you apparently trespassed onto his territory, the kitchen. Now he's in a foul mood and boycotted his job."

My eye twitched," You two did what!?"

"Rin cooked lunch, but this morning all the food was gone. That's why we were yelling, he thought I ate all the food", Yukio stated.

My eye twitched again. Using my tail, I knocked their heads together with a growl. Idiots! I should just hang them by their-

Mephisto shoved a pair of head phones over my head rather harshly. I hissed at him, but calmed down as a guitar solo began its descent into my brain. My body fell into it's trance as the Devil slipped back into it's normal slumber and the human side took back control. By the time I had snapped out of it, the twins were at the table with the demonic director standing on the other side.

"I think I understand the gravity of the situation", Yukio stated. "By the way, what is this?"

What Yukio was referring to were bubbling bowls of…dark pink.

"My specialty, little demon flavored oatmeal. Please, help yourselves. Go on, don't be shy."

Rin threw caution to the wind and downed the whole bowl. A moment later he screamed and fainted in Yukio's arms.

"Rin! No, are you okay!?"

I glanced at Mephisto," I'll pass. I don't eat…pink food anyway."

"Ah, well, suit yourself then. By the way, nice to see you in a better mood this morning."

"Sorry about that, this is the second time these guys have woken me up."

Mephisto 'tsk-ed'," I did try to warn them."

"I hear grandma calling me" Rin muttered suddenly.

"Grandma!? We never met our grandma! Whoever she is, don't follow her into the light!"

"A familiars misconduct is the responsibility of its master. Until Ukabochs' mood improves, I will be taking care of this kitchen and prepare all your meals personally", the Demon director stated.

"What if his mood doesn't improve", Yukio questioned.

"Hmm, I will become your personal cook for the duration of your time here."

"Rin!"

The son of Satan raised a shaky fist," So, this Ukaboch guy or whatever, I am so gonna kick his ass."

"Idiot, you will not kick the chef."

I snorted and pulled a hidden pot from behind the counter that I spotted. When I lifted the lid, I found regular oatmeal.

"Where the hell did that come from", Rin demanded as he started to rise from his sudden food poisoning.

I shrugged," You two are the ones that angered Ukaboch, he happens to like me."

"Geez, what the hell!? Are you two buddies or something?!"

I put a spoonful of the oatmeal in my mouth with a smirk. This is why I made sure to know any demons in the dorm in case of issues like this arise.

"Yes, well, Ryuu seemed to have made friends with my familiar his first day here. I was surprised that you two didn't even notice until now", Mephisto stated.

Yukio gritted his teeth and eyed his bowl of…pink. I didn't blame him, I despised the color myself.

"Well, I'm gonna go enjoy this in the park while studying, later guys", I said as I walked out of the kitchen.

I felt Mephisto watching me in curiosity, but you know what, I had oatmeal so I didn't care.

xDevilXDemonx

That night, I actually got home earlier. Rin was there, but the younger twin was absent. Apparently he had some work to do. I didn't care that much though.

But, I was watching Rin as he practically sterilized the kitchen. I moved the lollypop around in my mouth; bored. I wasn't sure what Rin was thinking, like cleaning someone's territory by trespassing again was going to fix anything.

"Ok, I put everything back the way it was. So, how about you get over it already", Rin asked.

A fork whizzed by his face and implanted itself in the wood shelf above me.

"Oh come on! Are you still mad!? What are you so pissed off about anyway!?"

Pots, pans, and other kitchen items came flying towards the son of Satan. I took a step to the left, barely avoiding rouge chopsticks.

"If you don't want to cook anymore than get out! You're the only one around here that can cook you know!"

Lightening from the incoming storm struck again; lighting up the kitchen. Ukaboch was revealed, pouting with his golden eyes glowing in rage.

"So, that's what you look like", Rin stated with a sudden grin.

From there, a cooking battle broke out between the two of them. I wasn't actually expecting cooking of all things, but, they both had a passion for it so I guess it made sense. I honestly didn't understand Demons.

Mephisto just sat on top of the shelving storage, out of the way while watching. This guy loved food so this was like the best thing ever to him. For me, I just moved out of the way occasionally. Sometimes, I would test out foods from plates or bowls that went whizzing by.

I knew that Ukaboch was an amazing cook, but Rin was a surprise. The guy did have a talent he excelled in after all.

Soon, both of them were panting, exhausted, and really full. Dishes were everywhere. I snorted when they both fell flat on their backs.

The door to the kitchen slammed open with Yukio running inside," Rin! S-sir Pheles, Ryuu, what happened!?"

"They both fought bravely to an inch of their lives! Their powers were let lose, exploding through the kitchen!"

"They had a cooking battle?"

"Mhmmm", I hummed. "Very delicious too, you guys didn't tell me that Rin could actually cook."

Mephisto continued on with his review of the 'show',"By flexing their muscles, they discovered each other's talents. Behold, a friendship is born!"

"Your fried rice was so awesome", Rin stated.

Ukaboch spoke in return that Rin responded with," Did you just call my casa bowl exceptional?"

The two got up and grasped hands in a weird bonding hand shake.

"Let's do it! We're going to make the ultimate lunch! What do ya say?"

Ukaboch agreed. Well, a friendship was born after all. Impressive, for demons.

xDevilXDemonx

The next day, Yukio was helping me review a few things from his text book after cram school. Rin had left for the store to get some more food for cooking.

I scratched my head with my tail," So, what you're saying is, that if you mix these three plants together after they've been hand crushed into powder form, that they can be used as a handmade bomb?"

"Yes, the mixture can be highly explosive, but it's only a flash grenade. It's meant to momentarily blind a Demon in case of an emergency or for a necessary distraction."

"Huh, now I know why my uncle never taught me stuff with plants. There would've been three times the amount of devilish pranks."

Yukio chuckled, but was interrupted from saying something else. We both heard Rin's voice outside, greeting somebody. Yukio stuck his body half way out the window.

"Hey, Sheimi! What brings you all the way out here?"

"We just got our shipment of Mowikide. So I brought your order."

"Thank you for doing that, um, would you like to come in and have some tea?"

"Um, sure-"

I headed downstairs to warn Ukaboch of company. My tail wrapped around my torso under my shirt as I jumped that last steps.

"Hey, Ukaboch?"

His response was muffled.

"We have company, can you start the tea?"

His response came, agreeing to do it with no problem.

"Come on in", Rin's voice stated after the door opened.

"Uh, thanks. Oh, hi Ryuu!"

I smirked and waved a hand," Hey Sheimi, Ukaboch just put the tea on. Hope you don't mind waiting a few minutes."

"Oh no, that's ok, but, uh, who's Ukaboch."

Rin headed for the kitchen," He's the dorm chef! And a really good cook."

"You guys get your own chef? That's so cool."

I shrugged as Yukio came downstairs finally," It's just the directors' familiar. But, he's a pretty cool little dude."

"W-wait, he's a demon", she asked in a surprised tone when she spotted Ukaboch on the counter.

"Yea, but he's really cool. You'll like him. Come on."

Yanking my headphones around my neck, I plopped down into one of the sets. Ukaboch jumped over to set down a fresh pot of tea and tray of cookies. I smirked in thanks before he headed back to the counter to continue working where he had left of before.

"Go ahead", Yukio said. "Help yourself, Sheimi."

"O-ok", she took a sip of the tea. "Delicious. It's yummy, Mr. Ukaboch."

The little stove demon just scratched the back of his head while mumbling. I snorted and took a gulp of the tea. Sheimi frowned when she looked out the window to see the sun setting.

"Oh no, it's getting late. I really should get going now."

Yukio set down his tea cup and fished a key from his pocket," Not to worry, I can help. I have this key that leads to the supply shop, remember?"

"Oh, that's right, I forgot, I actually walked all the way over here."

"I'll see you home."

"Thanks, Yuki."

I waved to the girl once. When I turned back around, I spotted the two demons waving awkwardly. Snorting, I replaced my headphones back over my ears before heading upstairs with a cookie in my mouth. I still needed to cover a few more plant mixtures…

xDevilXDemonx

You know the saying: first time: shame on you, second time: curses on you, third time: no more warnings.

First time: Rin yelling at his brother, second time: Twins yelling at each other, third time: screaming girls in the kitchen.

The third time just happened. The high pitched tone penetrated through my headphones and rattled my eardrums. Footsteps stormed down the hall right afterwards.

My finger slowly switched my ipod off and pulled my headphones away from my skull. My horns grew back within seconds.

That was it. I was beyond pissed. There were three things you didn't mess with: food, territory, and sleep.

Someone was in my dorm uninvited, someone woke me up, and someone was messing around in the kitchen were my lunch for the next day was.

My footsteps made no noise as I made my way to the lower level. Light was shining from the kitchen, confirming my suspicions. Baring my fangs, I slowly walked towards it.

"That's it, they felt sided, and that made Ukaboch lose control."

"That means…it's your fault you jackass", Rin yelled at his younger brother.

My eyes narrowed. Come to think of it, wasn't it his idea to have Rin start cooking? And weren't those girls the same ones that tried to give him lunch so they snuck into the dorm to leave it for him?

A growl erupted from me and I launched myself onto the counter dividing the kitchen from dining hall. Yukio and Rin spun around with a gasp. Ukaboch also turned his larger form in surprise from the deathly vibes I was giving off.

"Ah man", Rin cursed," the girls' screaming must have woke him up!"

Growling, I clenched the counter top, ready to attack the younger twin. After all, most of this was his fault.

"Ryuu, calm down", Yukio ordered as he raised his gun.

"Yukio! What the hell are you doing!? You can't shoot him", the Son of Satan stated.

"Yukio…this is all your fault", I snarled. "I let you guys off easy the first two times, but now? Well…it's play time."

"Where's his headphones", Rin yelled, panicked. He started searching for a pair, but it was futile. They were all upstairs. Even if they ran, they wouldn't be able to outrun a Devil.

Mad laughter escaped me," Now, where shall I hang my new artwork when I'm finished carving?"

A bullet whizzed past my ear as a warning shot. I growled before jumping into the kitchen. Standing, I stared down Yukio. My tail wrapped around a knife handle before raising it like a stinger.

"Ryuu! Snap out of it man! Do you really want to hurt us", Rin demanded as he stood between me and my prey.

"Well, Son of Satan, I'm not sure, you're kind did nearly wipe out mine. Now, I'm on the brink of extinction because of you."

"I talked with Mephisto, he said the Demons had nothing to do with the Devils' disappearance. He said something happened in Gehenna-"

I cut him off by swiping the knife. It cut Rin's shirt to pieces, leaving his pale skin exposed.

"RIN! Move!"

"Oh shut up", I growled. "You're always ruining my fun. Besides, I do believe your dear brother is at my mercy and you are onto something quite interesting, so, do continue before I do."

The blue haired male grimaced as his younger twin continued," Demons and Devils are allies, and Devils are a hybrid, a more powerful version of Demons that was created by your father Lucifer. Mephisto said that you didn't know, but you should know that you aren't alone. Rin is just like you!"

Anger filled me at the mention of the name of my father. I shoved Rin back with my hands so he rammed himself into Yukio. Both slammed into the wall.

"DON'T YOU DARE SAY HIS NAME! I hate him! My father is the reason why I'm a monster!"

I grasped my head with my hands as the word ran through my head. Monster…monster…MONSTER!

"No", I whimpered. "I'm not a monster…I'm just a regular guy!"

You're wrong and you know it. You're a devil; you cannot deny what you are…

I was tackled to the floor. Rin kicked the knife out of reach and grabbed me by the collar of my shirt.

"Snap out of it! You're not a monster! Neither one of us are! So shut the hell up!"

Not…

I exhaled through my nose and grasped my head harder. I started humming a song. Rin slowly let me go with a grin.

"There ya go. Can't have you going all nuts, we have to become exorcists. Yukio! Go grab his headphones!"

"R-right!"

"And don't think I'm done talking to you either!"

xDevilXDemonx

"And then, you ate every last bit of food in that lunchbox all by yourself? Brilliant solution, instructor Okumura. I commend you", Mephisto said into the phone. "There's no need to worry yourself about those students, as of today they have returned to class. And thanks to you, Ukaboch has returned to his senses. As a reward, take the next two days off and get some rest-"

"Wait, Mr. Pheles", Yukio interrupted before the director could hang up.

"Yes, instructor Okumura?"

"About last night, Ryuu had another episode."

"Oh? Was anyone hurt?"

"No", Yukio stated. "But, I had to tell him about the truth between Devils and Demons."

Mephisto frowned," How much?"

"Just enough so he knew that he wasn't alone and that Lucifer was the one that created Devils as a hybrid."

The demonic director pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed," And, did it help him gain control?"

"Yes, for the most part. He's been a little drawn out according to Rin."

"Well, if he keeps this up, I will have to speak with him myself, instructor Okumura. Please inform me on his condition then. Toddles~."

Mephisto hung up the call and tossed his phone onto his desk. Lacing his fingers together, the demon turned his chair around so he could overlook True Cross.

"Well, things are going to be quite interesting now."

Another Chapter edited! I love you all and I don't own anything except for my character: Ryuu Hamato. So review and don't sue.

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