AN

Here's another chapter and it's a longer one I think. As for the wedding I haven't decided yet but I will get to it I promise! Also to the person who shall not be named who criticized Winchester for being a stupid name for a familiar... well you can go to hell because I thought it fit him perfectly. Since a Winchester rifle is reliably, handy, and very user friendly.

As always thank you for reading and reviewing!

Steff

Natsumi POV

"Natsumi pay attention!" Lucifer snaps at his niece, he didn't know why but she was particularly distracted today. "And now I've sliced your head off."

"Damn, its not like I really use it anyways…. well as interesting as today has been I'm going for a walk." Natsumi says as she drops her ice daggers which disintegrate when they hit the ground.

"Yeah I'm going to have to insist that you stay here." Lucifer says as he stands in front of her.

"Um… Luci you're not going to stop me, now move."

"Well I would love to, but as both you teacher and your uncle I'm going to stay right here."

"Fine, Roukan would you do me the honor of moving him."

"Mistress, why don't you just move him yourself?" Roukan suggests knowing that she needed combat training and this was a great way to get out both away and satisfy Lucifer's need for constant training.

"That is an excellent suggestion, if you can either wound me or disarm me than you can go." Lucifer says as he draws his wields an opal colored broadsword with accents of sapphiric blue laced throughout the thick blade, and a handle blacker than night itself.

"You know my Dad has one of those two except his is called A blade formed by the flames of redemption." Natsumi says with a smirk while creating two more daggers and gripping them tightly.

"I see then Rin has become a fully recognized prince… Tell me has Yukio drawn his blade yet?"

"No Papa doesn't use blades, but he does have two desert eagles."

"Really? I have never heard of demonic weapons becoming anything other than swords… then again you're fathers are strange… Did he name them as well?" Lucifer asks as he takes his stance. "Mine is called A blade that outshines the sun."

"Yes, the guns in which hope was formed… Now are we going to fight or are you just going to talk?" She asks with a sigh while twirling the blades in her grip impatiently.

"Very well." Lucifer charges her with a shout. She evades him easily, but she feels his tail wrap around her ankle pulling her leg out from underneath her. "And I believe I'm on the very fast track to winning." Lucifer mutters with a smirk as he watches the demoness stand up and dust herself off quickly.

'Roukan I need your assistance with this.' Natsumi asks and the wolf sighs while he takes a stance next to Natsumi… She found this rather strange since he was usually gung ho with everything she did. It made her wonder if the darkness of Gehenna was starting to get to him, she knew it was starting to get to her… Hell she couldn't wait to leave this place just so she could feel the sunshine and bask in the moonlight, here it was all just one time of day… dark.

'If I have to.'

'Roukan you don't have to if you don't want to… I mean this isn't life or death.'

'Whatever.'

'You know what Roukan go fuck yourself!' Natsumi growls at him angrily as she faces him with a glare.

'Fine go to hell!' Roukan snaps at her as he turns away from her and starts stalking off.

"We're already there!" She shouts after him as her faithful familiar runs alongside the river bank toward the Grove of Restitution.

"And whose fault is that." He barks back and Natsumi grips her daggers so tight in her hands that they shatter causing small lacerations in her hands. Lucifer who had been standing at the ready cocks his head in confusion.

"What was that all about?"

"Nothing, we're done for today." Natsumi declares, but Lucifer throws up a wall of indigo fire.

"You know what you are starting to get on my last nerve with that attitude. Do you think you're entitled to something, because to be honest you're not. In fact you should be thanking your seven lucky stars that I've graciously offered to teach you! I could easily leave you to rot away in this place, now take your stance!" Lucifer shouts at her and she backs away from the demon in fear. She had never seen him so angry, and it was truly terrifying. Natsumi didn't want to learn from this man… she wanted to learn from her fathers or her other uncles not this monster. "I said take your stance." Lucifer growls dangerously as his wall of flame closes around her. She throws up a protective wall of ice, but watches as it melts rather quickly and Lucifer steps through it without even the slightest amount of hesitation. "You can only fight fire with fire, and unless you can do that as well I suggest you think of something else."

"Really because I thought you would just give up." Natsumi says sarcastically in fear as the demon continues forward backing her closer and closer to the River Styx.

"Tell me do you know how to swim?" Lucifer says menacingly and with conviction. It was that that scared Natsumi the most she was hoping that he would stop but he was still coming and the river was inches from her feet. Thinking quickly she dashes into him seeing no other option only to be burned heavily by his fire. However she does manage to give herself a few more inches to work with and with desperation she creates a patch of ice underneath Lucifer's feet hoping to cause him to slip… It does nothing because the fire surrounding him melts it.

"Fuck me…" Natsumi says with a sigh as she assesses her options quickly. She could try to charge him again, but that wouldn't work because of the flames. The ice only melts do that was out… maybe she could use fire. "Well it's a rather long shot but I've got nothing left."

"What could you possibly do now?" Lucifer taunts as he watches the young lady stare him down.

"Hades if you can hear me then I hope this works." Natsumi whispers and with a roar she musters all the anger she had at Roukan right now and puts it in her palms. She imagines them burning instead of icing over and with a surprised smirk white flames embrace her entire body and then engulf Lucifer's indigo ones. Taking her chance she creates new daggers and slices his shoulder lightly just enough to puncture the skin. After that her flames die down and she offers him a hand up. The surprised demon stares at her in confusion.

"You know I was merely joking earlier… Dam kid is their anything you can't do?" Lucifer asks as his skin knits itself back together.

"Umm… I don't fucking know! My fathers are demonic princes and I'm some sort of hybrid princess… I'm ninety percent sure the skies the limit." Natsumi mutters as she stares at the ground.

"Where did Roukan go?" Lucifer asks as he looks around for the wolf.

"He's out exercising I'm sure he'll be back in a few hours… Let's run some drills." Natsumi suggests and Lucifer nods in agreement as he draws his sword then runs at her. With a false smile she enters the fight hoping that Roukan was alright wherever he was.

Morvan, France

Rin's POV

It had taken several days to reach the village even with the Exorcist's Portal keys. And several more to find the Exorcist who had requested help. Rin had attempted to communicate with him, but he spoke only French so it was rather difficult to talk out loud.

"Eri how is your French?" Rin asks as she and shrugs her shoulders.

"Rin it's very rough, Takaharu and I haven't been in France since Sir Pheles came and got us after our families were murdered by a pack of werewolves.

"Don't you find it rather odd that Takaharu's name more Japanese than French… I mean your name is Eri Yamazaki also Japanese, however you both look more French than Japanese." Rin says to her and she smile.

"His father and mother were completely french, however they were transferred to the Japan branch and it was assumed their unborn child would grow up there so they gave him a name to allow him to fit in more easily. However before they could move our parents were killed at the age of 2. I was named after my grandmother who had been a brilliant Aria, rather ironic that I can't stand to chant." Eri explains and Rin just stares at her.

"Really well whatever the case you're here now and that's all that matters, so do think you can try speaking to this man." Rin asks her, but with a certain amount of disdain.

"Mr. Okumura I don't think I can I was only two…"

"I understand that, but Eri you need to try."

"Fine I will speak to him, but where is Takaharu?"

"He's talking with one of the men attacked… why?"

"Just curious and I'll be over there with him." Eri says with disappointment as she walks over to the frightened man. Rin turns to his companion Jephire who was swishing his tail back and forth with a calculating stare.

"I don't believe she likes this place very much Rin… If I had to guess I might say it was because this was the place her family was murdered and I would also say she clings to Takaharu here because she is worried about the same thing happening again. Master I would tread lightly if I were you, don't push her much." Jephire conjectures and Rin nods in understanding while he strokes his familiar's head gently. It's at that moment that Takaharu walks over to them with a large smile on his face.

"I take it you have gathered information."

"Well maybe… it's either a location of the den or the best place to eat. I can't be completely sure since my french is terrible, how's Eri doing?" Takaharu asks and Rin gestures to where she is talking with the man who was in near tears. "She's interrogating him, and from what I can make out quite extensively.

"Good the faster we get information the quicker this case is over." Akumu states as he gives her a satisfied look.

"Akumu you need to learn this and learn it quickly no familiar was ever useful to anyone as an asshole. So either sweeten your tone or shut up, you may be well versed in combat but you suck at helping your master… Now I know you have something against being in a team, but when you're with me you will work with me and our team. So I don't care what kind of grudge you have against us or a team of people, but if we can't function as a unit than you are putting everyone's life in danger." Rin explains bitterly to the lynx who stares at the ground unwilling to meet his team leaders gaze. "Now Takaharu work with him. Jephire and I didn't get like this through sheer luck and neither did Eri and Winchester. You have to be aware of his personality, his likes, and dislikes and what he feels… You're damn lucky I'm team leader instead of Yukio because you two would have been back in Japan faster than you could blink."

"I understand Mr. Okumura we'll work on it." Takaharu says apologetically as he and Akumu walk off to the side.

"Do you think they'll ever work together?" Rin asks and Jephire looks up at him.

"I believe… well to be honest I'm not sure Nyx made the right decision when she assigned him to Takaharu." Jephire answers with a sad look. "Some beings just aren't cut out to assist other beings."

"I'll request that she…"

"Rin that's not how that works you can't just choose a familiar it chooses you."

"Well then why did Akumu chose Takaharu, he can't stand him."

"I can't tell you his reasons, but I can tell you that he doesn't hate him… he just seems… well it's hard to explain but I believe him to be jealous of you and I."

"Jealous?"

"Yes he can't stand the fact that everything we do seems effortless while whenever he tries to help Takaharu it always seem to backfire… and he isn't a being who can apologize easily."

"I see, but we need unity. I can't have him…"

"I know!" Jephire growls at him he knew exactly what was at stake he had encountered this before.

"Sorry… I knew she meant a lot to you, but right now we need to focus on keeping these four alive. So what is the man saying?" Rin asks Eri as she makes her way back over with Takaharu.

"He said that the creatures were snake like beings, with poison that killed a horse in minutes. He also told me that they started showing up around the time of the monthly sacrifice."

"Sacrifice what do you mean?" Takaharu asks knowing this was a strange village but sacrifice was just ridiculous.

"This town still does sacrifices to a deity of protection, and apparently they believe this was caused by them not providing a good enough sacrifice. However when Jephire asked Yukio he said it was all just part of basilisks normal migration. Eri did you ever find out what they were sacrificing?" Rin explains and they turn to face the Exwire who refuses to look at them.

"Eri it'll be alright just tell them?" Winchester urges knowing that this was a very slow moving town and they were still acting like this was the time of old.

"People, they sacrifice four adult people to the Inugami."

"Wait aren't that what you are Winchester?" Rin asks confused by this.

"No I am not a purebred Inugami, I am a half blood, my father was a cat sithe. Purebred Inugami are very dangerous and especially if they are not worshipped properly. They are bloodthirsty creatures who can only be tamed through blood sacrifices." Winchester explains seriously while sitting next Eri and leaning his head against her leg comfortingly.

"I see, well what are we dealing with exactly?" Rin asks the Ibizan hound who stares him down.

"A werewolf and a nest of basilisks it looks like. Master Jephire should we call in reinforcements?"

"No I believe we can handle it, now lets hunt down the basilisks first they shall be easier to take care of… No one under any circumstance is to go off alone." Rin orders and eyes the students warily. "And whatever these things say to you don't believe it, they will get into your mind and attempt to lure you away. But just stick with me and we will make it out just fine. Understood?"

All of them nod in agreement and Rin gestures to the forest, "Let us begin."

Dorm Room

Yukio had been pacing for the last three hours, and checking his phone as well. He didn't know why, but he felt nervous like more nervous than when he had to give a speech at graduation.

"Yuki-chan what's wrong?" Amaimon asks as he pops into the room with Mephisto.

"Amnesia it's not polite to just pop in." Mephisto scolds lightly and the green demon just shrugs in uncaring.

"What are you two doing here?" Yukio asks in shock as he stops pacing and walks over to his desk and puts his papers into a rough stack.

"Oh us… well Sammy and I were going to go play a game. Do you want to come?" Amaimon asks with a playful smile as he sits on Yukio's desk, but Yukio shakes his head in no.

"I'm far too busy tonight, but you go ahead." Yukio mumbles with a smile as he looks out the window basking in the pale moonlight that streamed in through the glass.

"Mr. Okumura I am beginning to worry about you." Mephisto says as he puts a hand on Yukio's shoulder in comfort.

"I'm fine Mephisto, now please leave I have several tests to grade as well as lesson plans to make." Yukio says sternly as he shrugs his brother's hand off coldly.

"Yukio has Rin spoken to you at all?" Amaimon asks out of sheer curiosity he hadn't heard Rin say a word to anyone since his daughter sold her soul, and that was at least two and a half weeks ago. It had begun to worry all of them including Shiro who was at least over five thousand miles away in Europe. They had all been around when Shiro had called and all but forced Rin to start working again otherwise he was evoking Rin's status as an Exorcist. Expecting to hear Rin refuse or say anything the only thing they heard was a quiet sound of agreement and then the snapping shut of the phone. Rin hadn't told anyone what was happening only gathered his stuff, took two Exwires, and then stepped through a doorway with a portal key in it.

"He and I communicate in our own way, and to be honest that doesn't really concern you. So if you please, leave." Yukio says in a flat tone he didn't want to have this conversation nor did he need this right now he had work to do; plus he was on edge waiting for Eri or Takaharu's phone call.

"Very well, if you come to change your mind we'll be.."

"I won't, goodbye." Yukio says swiftly slamming the door shut behind them and it isn't seconds after they leave that he finally descends into tears. He slides down the door where he draws his knees up to his chest and when his glasses begin to dig into his knees, he rips them off his face chucking them into a nearby wall where they shatter lying on the floor in a pile of broken glass and bent metal. It was then that the tears begin to fall from his eyes in force not only blinding him, but forcing him to finally accept defeat. Yukio was completely and utterly defeated in all sense of the word. His daughter was gone, his mate had become a mute and was prone to hurting himself, and to top it all off he knew he was no where near sane. Yukio had felt the madness enclosing his mind everytime he closed his eyes, everytime Rin refused to say something to him, or when he wandered into Natsumi's room. They had meant to give it to her when they got back from Gehenna as a birthday gift, but she never made it back.

"I can't do this anymore… I can't." He mutters to himself as his tears soak his shirt and knees, but he didn't know what else to do. "Can't this end?" Yukio whispers into the nothingness of the night air searching for an answer but he knew one would never come, and with a last desperate hope he turns to the dagger kept under the mattress. It was a small dagger made of steel nothing to write home about, but it got the job done. So shucking off his coat and his long sleeve dress shirt. He held the blade right above his slightly marred skin and without much hesitation he pulls it across viciously causing a thin drizzle of blood to flow from the crook of his arm. A sense of relaxation over takes his mind as he makes several more cuts watching the puddle slowly gather around him. He can feel it soaking into his pants and socks but Yukio couldn't find a reason to care. All he was focused on was the sheer euphoria encompassing his mind, allowing him no other thought than that. As he lies his head back with his lips slightly parted and his eyes lazily fluttering open and close. To anyone who looked in he would look similar to a junky who just received his latest fix. Not ready for his ride to end he makes twelve more deep cuts and watches with a lazy smile as the blood flows freely causing him to sink farther and farther into his insanity as well as the blissfulness accompanying it. The sense of freedom, carelessness, and the rush of oblivion. Where no one counted on him, he never had a child to care for, and mostly he wasn't even real, nothing more than a figment of his own imagination. Slicing himself open gave him a greater high than any concoction of chemicals ever could. So he closes his eyes and basks in this glorious feeling and time…. well it became nothing more than a rabid dog in the back of his mind begging to be sated with a bullet.

Two Days Later

Mephisto's Office

Yukio awoke to a warm body curled around his and thinking it was Rin, he nuzzles into the body cuddling closer.

"Yuki… Yuki-chan how are you feeling?" A soft voice asks one that wasn't Rin's, and with much unwillingness he opens his eyes to reveal himself curled into his eldest brother's lap. Mephisto was gently stroking his youngest brother's hair smoothing it down against his cool forehead.

"Where am I?" Yukio mumbles brokenly as he goes to lift himself up, but can't due to the pain in his arms and body in general.

"Stay down Yuki, it would be best for you right now." Mephisto says in a soothing tone trying to keep him at ease hoping to avoid another break down especially in his state.

"Mephisto what happened?" Yukio asks as he shifts himself up to face his brother groaning quietly at the pain. He lets out a loud gasp when he tries to push himself up again, but the pain stops him completely falling back into Mephisto's lap.

"Yukio when Amaimon found you a few days ago you were in a puddle of blood that seeped through the floorboards as well as under the door… Tell me are you okay?"

"Mmmm… fine." Yukio murmurs as he looks up sleepily at his brother who closes his eyes and sighs heavily.

"No my dear Mr. Okumura you are not, now this will only hurt for a second. Please try to relax, this will only…." Mephisto starts but is stopped by the smile Yukio gives him.

"Pain no longer scares me Samael, in fact I welcome it like an old friend because it offers me such a sweet, sweet release and I can't tell you how wonderful it feels. So by all means do your worst." Yukio mutters with the carefree smile on his face, and this smile is what unsettles Mephisto the most. He was aware of his brother's masochistic tendencies, but he was becoming dangerous to not only himself but others as well.

"You sound like a junky Yuki." Amaimon states as he enters the room to find Yukio staring up at Mephisto with wide eyes almost lust blown but blown wide in yearning. "Tell me do you enjoy dancing with dragons?"

"Only if the dragons offer me what I crave most… god dammit!" Yukio swears as he pulls himself up and that is when he finally catches a glimpse of his arms. It throws him for a loop leaving him speechless at the damage he'd done to his forearms. In places he could see the skin barely knitted together with muscle tissue.

"These will not heal properly without stitching and you were twitching in your sleep too much for me to be able to suture them safely. I didn't want to risk damaging you more than you have already done to yourself." Amaimon tells him as the twenty four year old stares at the wounds in shock. "Would you like me to close them or can you do it yourself?"

"I.. I… It was…" Yukio rambles as he looks to Mephisto and Amaimon who are wearing sympathetic looks. He didn't need their pity he was strong, he was the rock not the puddle of tears that was Rin…. but water would eventually erode that rock and Yukio knew that he wouldn't remain tough forever but he wasn't cracked just yet. Yukio didn't know how but he needed to pull himself out of this, but something told him his brothers weren't letting him leave here. He knew he should just lie his way out of this one it would be easy enough, and if he truly was out for several days then he had a lot of work to catch up on.

"Yuki stay still." Amaimon commands as he begins to suture the deep wounds which should have healed normally, but with Rin so far away his body couldn't do it so Yukio was stuck with a normal rate of healing. "Sorry I wish I had some of Ibis' balm but I don't… Mephisto can you numb him a little. Just a little, I want him consciou when I start asking questions."

"I understand." Mephisto says as he pricks Yukio's skin lightly with his claws enough to dull the pain of the needle but not enough to put him under. It takes several minutes for Amaimon to sew Yukio up but once he does Yukio edge away from them towards the door.

"School…" Yukio mumbles trying to say more but his mind is jumbled due to Mephisto's claws.

"No Otouto, come here I have some questions for you."

"I… no time….school." Yukio insists as he pulls his arm from Amaimon's grip with more force than he intended to causing him to topple off the edge of the bed, landing him on the floor with a loud oomph.

"Mr. Okumura there is a substitute teacher tonight." Mephisto says trying to calm the driven man's mind, but he only shakes his head at that while pulling himself up inching towards the door. He had maybe minutes before Mephisto used his powers to search his memories and hell be damned if that was going to happen. So he dragged himself forward afraid that his secrets would be revealed and once they were revealed there was no way of taking them back. "Yukio I'm pretty sure you can't crawl faster than I can walk."

"No…" Yukio trails off as he stops crawling and lies there brokenly… he had truly hit rock bottom. He couldn't walk, he couldn't think straight, and the love of his life was halfway around the world trying to save it from sort of evil creature. And now here he lied trying to avoid his brothers for fear that they would discover the truth in his heart.

"I'm going to pick you up now Yuki, don't freak out." Amaimon says as he gently picks up a numbed Yukio who looked a lot of worse for wear. It seemed as though the man had aged about a century when he looked into the demon's eyes.

"No." Yukio says again trying to move out of his grip, but Mephisto's magic had finally overtaken his body leaving him unable to move any part of his body.

"Amaimon set him down on the couch."

"Nerissa…." Yukio calls out weakly, hoping to summon the Nereid but it only serves to weaken him more as he is put down on the coach. However it does nothing and no one comes to him.

"Yukio we won't hurt you all I'm going to do it ask you a few questions." Amaimon says gently trying to soothe the demon, but Yukio just laughs quietly.

"I don't give two fucks if you hurt me!" Yukio shouts at him while he stares at him with a slightly insane smile. "Well at least I won't, but I would be careful of Rin… He has quite the temper."

"Yukio who am I?"

"You are Amaimon, the demon king of earth, and my loving brother. Master of green flames, which are weaker in comparison to my own, lover to our eldest brother, and the most compassionate of us all." Yukio answers quickly and Amaimon shakes his head.

"Very good. Now tell me whos is he?" Amaimon asks as he points to Mephisto who was sitting on the floor playing a video game.

"Oh him… well he's an interesting man, but we're not here to talk about him are we Amai? We're here to talk about me and what you believe to be the loss of my sanity; I can assure you that I'm fine.. I was merely unclenching my belt, letting loose; you needn't fear I shall be back to my boring old self in a few days." Yukio says in a tone that suggested he was still very far gone, and Yukio knew that Amaimon was worried. "Relax and take that stick out of your ass."

"See Amaimon told you he would be alright… Leave him be."

"Now lemme go before I kick your ass."

"You're rather feisty aren't you?" Mephisto mutters as he sets his game down and approaches his brother. "To bad Rin wasn't here to play with you, I'm sure he would love this you." Taking a look at him as he laid on the couch limply.

"Oh yes I'm sure he would, but if I remember a few years ago you attempted to get me."

"That's enough Yukio, I believe it's time for you to sleep again." Mephisto says as he slips his claw into Yukio's neck and his sand flows into his veins putting Yukio into a deep sleep.

Morvan, France

two days later

Rin and his team had managed to find where the basilisks were staying and with well rested bodies they trekked deep into the forest to where the lair was. It takes them several hours and right as the sun is setting they come to a dark place in the forest. He halts the group catching the scent of human blood in the air.

"When we left earlier did the villagers mention anymore attacks?" He asks and they shake their heads in no and this is something that worries Rin.

"Sensei should we continue or?" Takaharu starts, but trails off as his eyes go wide in fear.

"Takaharu what is it?" Rin questions as he turns around to see what made his usually talkative student go quiet. Upon turning around Rin is face to face with a large basilisk and he can feel it's foul breath seeping into his nostrils.

"You…. You are to come with me." The creature hisses as he stares at Rin, but Rin refuses to look it in the eye fearing petrification.

"Uhh… how do I put this politely? No." Rin says as he draws his blade and Jephire joins him at his side. "How about you meet your end at the tip of my blade?"

"He will not allow it…. come with me and your friends shall be spared." It hisses in a menacing tone that's when he notices them surrounded by hundreds of deadly basilisks both big and small. Rin is about to suggest fighting, but Jephire quickly shakes his head.

"Master there are too many, and if the Exwires are bit they will die immediately." Jephire whispers in his ear and Rin nods his head while biting his lip in indecision. He could have them fight their way back to the village but that would most likely result in the Exwires deaths and he couldn't handle them all by himself. Rin didn't want to put these students at risk, so as he saw it there was really only one option. Have Jephire take the kids back to the school, and Rin would finish up this task on his own.

"Jephire execute plan alpha delta whiskey." Rin murmurs to his familiar's whose eyes go wide, but he schools them and turns to the teens. "Fighting stances." He shouts making sure they all stand still so Jephire could easily take them back and with a small flick of his tail Jephire whirls around them causing them to disappear into the cool evening breeze. Rin can hear the snakes hissing in anger, but something making it's way through the crowd of snakes chortling in amusement. "Does this amuse you?"

"Oh yes, of course it causes me great amusement… Tell me was that your master plan, because to be perfectly honest it was rather terrible." A being says with a sickening smile as he finally wades his way through the snakes. The thing was very roughly humanoid with the head of a wolf, and a body of a man. It was covered in a thin layer of fur, and had eyes brighter than amber. On it's hand Rin could see thick black claws protruding grotesquely, and around it's canine-like muzzle a dark red substance stained it's silver fur. He notices the scent of human blood was fresh on this monster, and it's eyes were narrowed like that of a cats. If Rin had been a normal person this creature was sure to give him nightmares, but as an Exorcist and Satan's son he had seen worse.

"Well I wouldn't say it was terrible, those Exwires won't have nightmares now because of your ugly mug." Rin taunts as he tries to assess this creatures level of threat; he knew it was high but he wanted to see how volatile it was.

"Tell me youngling will you have nightmares because I can't wait to hear you scream." It whispers as it begins to circle him with a predatory gaze reminding Rin of the time he managed to enrage Yukio enough to where he chased him as a wolf.

"Probably, but they won't be from you." Rin scoffs as he turns into a wolf and joining the creature in it's circling.

"A shapeshifter working with Exorcist's well I've truly seen everything… I haven't had a shapeshifter in many years. Tell me what did they offer you in return for your services?" It asks as it joins him in a more wolfish form, not as complete as Rin's it's fur was still too thin.

"See you have me all wrong, I'm not a shifter though I have killed a few." Rin answers as he ignites his body in blue flames wondering if the creature will understand his demonic heritage, or might.

"A descendant of Satan working as an Exorcist well this is new… but that matters not. I need blood and you shall sate me for now." It shrugs as it surges forward swiping at Rin's face but it narrowly misses. Rin taking his chance he lunges at the creature managing to make contact with it's face, and he feels them pierce skin. He can hear a blood curdling scream coming not only from the creature itself, but the surrounding basilisks as well. Rin feels his eardrums start to revolt as blood drips into his fur making him stagger slightly. The monster noticing this weakness takes his chance to lunge at Rin, tackling him to the ground while transforming back into it's humanish form pinning Rin down. Transforming back Rin stares deeply into the cold but eerily bright amber eyes and for a second he could see death, but thinking quickly he knees the creature hoping to unbalance it but all it does is laugh darkly. In desperation Rin uses his tail to wrap around the creature's neck attempting to suffocate it, but he grabs it noticing the gold band.

Placing a hand on the ring it gives an experimental tug trying to remove it thinking it was jewelry, but it refuses to budge. "Bonded? Well this changes things slightly, I was going to drain you here… but I'm willing to bet your mate would charge in here to save you, and that's like a two for one deal."

"Fuck off!" Rin chokes out as the hand around his neck only tightens slowly.

"You are a feisty one aren't you… I wonder." It conjectures as moves his other hand down to Rin's ass sending the demon into a wide eyed frenzy. The thing smiles evilly while running his claws delicately over Rin's skin, eliciting a small squeak from him. "Someone's sensitive, tell me what's the gender of your mate… because you seem rather submissive for it to be a woman."

"Go to hell!" Rin snaps and the creature shrugs with a smile.

"Been there done that, it was rather boring in my opinion you should tell your daddy to liven up the place." It leans in close to Rin's face and with a sadistic smile licks along his neck, and then sits back with a knowing smile. "I knew it, you're quite the little bitch aren't you?"

"You know I don't mean to sound redundant, but go fuck yourself." Rin squeaks out with the last of his air and with his air gone his eyes begin to go dim as well.

"I could but I'd much rather fuck you…" It whispers into his ear and that is the last thing Rin hears before the world goes black.

School

Somewhere near Mephisto

Jephire knew that the students would be pissed when they discovered what had happened, but Rin was the leader and if he ordered him to do something he was forced to comply. Now for the first part plan it was basically get the hell out of dodge plan, the alpha delta part… But whiskey meant to find Samael simply because Rin knew Yukio was teaching and the headmaster wasn't particularly busy these days. So Jephire and the group lands in the middle of a forest which he recognizes as the one near the Okumura dorm, before the students can say a thing Jephire teleports them to Yukio knowing he could handle them.

Yukio's Classroom

He was in the middle of explaining a demonic symbol when Eri and Takaharu suddenly show up in the room in a furl of papers and wind. Both students had weapons drawn and looked around at their current surroundings in much confusion. Before Yukio can say something a note appears in his hand explaining that they weren't ready for field training, and he finished the case also said he was tired so he was at the dorm about to go to sleep signed in Rin's name. At first he wants to question it, but the note was so complete that he couldn't really argue with it so he continues on with his lesson.

Jephire

After the teens were taken care of he sprints toward the sound of Amaimon's laughing figuring if Mephisto was near here it was near him. It doesn't take him long to find Mephisto pinning him to the ground playfully. Jephire never one to be very subtle takes a deep breath, and sprints head on towards the wrestling demons. He rams himself hard into Mephisto knocking him completely off of Amaimon and leaving him staring up into the sky with a dazed expression.

"Amaimon… call off your pet." Mephisto huffs out as he lies there coughing.

"Uhh it wasn't him… Jephire!" Amaimon scolds as he sits up shaking the grass from his hair.

"Huh… rather rude of him." Mephisto mutters while dragging himself up. "You could have just called my name instead of giving me brain damage… sheesh you're just as bad as Rin."

"Code Alpha Delta Whiskey!" Jephire shouts at him and Mephisto cocks his head.

"Is that supposed to mean something to me …"

"Evil monster, Rin, help!" Jephire sums up quickly and Mephisto laughs while Amaimon comes over to him then sits down beside him.

"Jephire when isn't he trapped by some evil monster, I'm sure he can handle himself and besides the Exwires are with him as well as their familiars he will be fine… If he is in danger why are you here?" Mephisto explains and Jephire just shakes his head frantically at him.

"He told me to get them out, and besides you should be willing to help him anyways."

"Get them out.. so he's alone, in the wilderness, and possibly being attacked by basilisks." Amaimon conjectures and Jephire nods his head frantically.

"So can we go?" Jephire asks impatiently while pulling on Mephisto's shirt.

"Uh yeah it would be a good idea, take us away." Mephisto says and with a whirl they disappear into the cool night air for the second time.

AN

I'm not sure why every good arc seems to have someone kidnapped, getting sexually assualted, or some other terrible thing. I don't like to do this to Rin, but he is freaking adorable so it makes more sense. Also I don't think I could do it to Natsumi cause I would feel awful she's like a real daughter to me, in fact all of these characters are like family so I don't enjoy this very much but it makes for a good story... Hoped you enjoyed it and if you did let me know with a review, and if you didn't well still let me know.

Steff