A/N: Heeeeey, it's been too long! (I will save excuses for the end) I did rewrite some of the story. Only the parts that include the pairings that you all voted on. Some parts I fixed more than others. I hope it meets to all of your standards and I hope you like this chapter!

Disclaimer: Meh, I don't own blue exorcist.

Nakama's Treatment

Yukio burst into the infirmary like a ballistic animal. "Hiro!" sweat drenched his body and he had a terrible look of worry on his face. "Hiro?!"

A small voice came from behind the nurse curtain. "Back here child." She called while sticking her arm out of the curtain waving him over.

Yukio was out of breath and struggled to get his words out. "Hiro…..we have….a big problem!" he gasped while making his way over to the nurse beds.

Hiro opened the nurse curtain revealing a nicely cleaned bed and station. "Now now child, slow down. Tell me what has gotten you so shooken up." She said with a wrinkly smile.

Yukio took a deep breath to calm himself before he spoke. "We have someone who needs immediate medical attention as soon as they arrive." He still spoke with a look of anxiety. "Please, they've been terribly injured."

Hiro continued her smile "Why of course I'll help. It is my job after all!" She said with a chuckle then walked to the medicine cabinet and began to gather the things needed to treat a wounded person. She rummaged through the cabinet shelf after shelf and gave a huff of annoyance.

"We are almost out of antiseptic! Yukio, I'll have to run to the nurse's supply room and grab a few bottles." She stepped down from the stepping stool and headed for the door. "I'll be right back, and if they arrive before I return, there is a freshly cleaned bed over there. As soon as they enter with the injured person, direct them to the bed."

Yukio could only nod in agreement. He did have experience as a doctor and Hiro knew that. Though he wasn't as skilled as he wished he was. "O-Ok….." Hiro gave one last wrinkly smile and quickly made her way to the Nurse's supply room.

Yukio paced around the room nervously, awaiting his friends. 'Why are they taking so long?' His sickening worry was growing. 'Did something happen?'

Before any more worried thoughts could escape him, the door swung open with great force. Bon entered first as he was carrying the unconscious Rin on his back. He looked deathly pale and sweat doused his entire face. The rest of the exwires entered the nurse's office right behind Bon.

"Bon! What took you so long?!" Yukio asked, relieved that they had finally arrived.

Bon gave an apologetic look. "He's heavier than he looks. I also didn't want to risk injuring him further by running…..I'm sorry-"

"It's ok." Yukio cut him off. "We need to hurry. Set him on the clean bed over there." He ordered, gesturing to the nurse bed on the far side of the room. Bon nodded and walked easily to the bed.

"Where's Hiro?" Izumo asked nervously as she saw that they were the only ones in the infirmary.

Yukio was hoping they wouldn't ask that. He didn't want to worry them any further, "She had to go out and get more medical supplies."

"But what about Rin?!" Koneko asked as he started to freak out.

"Don't worry, she will be back any minute now." Yukio said trying to gain control of the situation.

Bon made it to the edge of the bed and carefully laid Rin on his back. His face contorted in a grimace as his body was lain down and he let out a low growl. Rin's cheeks were flushed with a fever and his breathing had become short and ragged. Dried blood still hung from the corners of his mouth and clothes, and his dark hair stuck to his forehead in sweat.

"What do we do now?" Bon was ready to take on his next task in order to help.

Yukio thought back to his medical training. "We need to take off any heavy garments, such as his teacher uniform coat and his boots."

Bon nodded. "Shima, help me out." Shima walked forward also ready to help.

They carefully unbuttoned the teacher uniform and gently started to slip it off. Bon made sure to lean Rin forward to get it off his arms while Shima lifted his legs to get the back of the true cross coat from under him. Bon took the coat aside and Shima began to unlace Rin's boots. Once his coat and shoes were off, Rin was left in a plain white dress shirt stained with blood, and black pants.

"This coat weighs more than I thought it would!" Bon said while looking at its damage. Blood was smeared all over the front while dust and cuts scattered it. It's silver chain jingled as Bon gave one last look at it and tossed it aside. "What now?"

Yukio didn't know what was wrong with Rin, so he wasn't sure what to do next. Hori wasn't back yet… 'What Do we do?' Yukio asked himself miserably. "I….I don't know. We will have to wait until Hiro returns"

Just as he finished the sentence, the Infirmary door swung open again and Hiro hurried inside. Yukio gave a sigh of relief, as did the other exwires. She carried four bottles of antiseptic and an extra bowl of herbs. "Yukio, is the patient in the bed?"

"Yes, and he's ready for treatment." Yukio replied as Hiro scurried past him to the nurse bed.

She quickly set the supplies on the station next to the nurse bed and opened a few bottles of antiseptic. Drenching cloths in the cleansing liquid, she turned and stepped up onto the stool next to the bed to start treating her patient. As soon as she saw her patient, her eyes widened "R-Rin?!" she gasped as she dropped the antiseptic cloth.

The exwires all raised their eyebrows at Hiro's strange behavior towards Rin. She seemed to be familiar with Rin and it caught Yukio's attention right at once.

Hiro quickly started to look over Rin in astonishment and examine his chest. "I don't understand….what happened to him, and why isn't he healing already?"

Yukio's face grew grim "We're not sure. Right in the middle of training he suddenly collapsed and started to cough up blood." Yukio answered gravely. "Wait…..how do you know about Rin?"

Hiro paid no mind to Yukio's question and started to unbutton Rin's shirt. She did it carefully, making sure that she didn't jerk Rin in any unnecessary way. "I'm afraid this might be more serious than we think." She finally opened Rin's shirt revealing a tail tightly wrapped around his waist. Hiro gripped the tail and was barely able to get it to unwind because of how strongly it was clamped to Rin's waist.

"Why is his tail so stiff?" Shiemi asked Izumo worriedly, knowing that she knew the answer.

"A demon's tail is known for showing their true feelings. Rin must be in extreme pain for his tail to curl up and stiffen like that…." Izumo answered without a moment to think. Though it didn't show on her face, she was getting really nervous right now.

Hiro then moved upward to his chest and wavered her hands just above his skin and began to chant small verses. Her hands began to glow bright blue as she moved her hands forward and back, almost as if she was seeing with them. Everyone watched in awe as her hands grew brighter. They didn't know Hiro had meister abilities!

Hiro stopped right over Rin's upper chest and began to frown. "Just as I thought, this isn't good at all."

Yukio started to panic. What was going on with his brother? "What's the matter with him?" He asked franticly.

Hiro moved her hands away from Rin and spoke in a serious tone. "I don't know what caused it, but something has poisoned Rin's insides. No doubt that it was meant to kill a powerful demon. His insides are a mess! All of his organ tissue has ripped, and they are now collapsing on each other." She furrowed her brows. "And to top it off, the toxin keeps Rin from healing himself."

"Isn't there anything you can do?!" Izumo desperately shouted

Hiro was taken aback by the little outburst as were all of the others "My my child calm down, I didn't say there wasn't any hope for him." She said with a wrinkly smile.

Suddenly just noticing what she had done, Izumo blushed in embarrassment and turned away. 'What am I saying?!' she thought to herself. 'Why am I so freaked out right now?! Is it because I haven't seen someone so injured before?…Or maybe all the blood?' She asked herself.

Hiro got back to business and called over to Yukio. "Yukio, get your friends. We're going to need their help." Hiro requested.

Yukio turned to his students "Bon, Shima, Koneko. You all said you wanted to help right?" They all looked at each other and nodded to their young teacher. "Good, We are going to need your assistance in treating Rin."

"Don't worry, I'll get the job done." Bon said with a smirk.

Hiro immediately started to explain what they were to do. "I am going need you all to hold Rin down as I repair his insides. It is a short but extremely painfully process, and he will try to thrash and kick to get away." She warned. "When in danger, and demon will go wild in order to protect itself if necessary."

Shiemi shivered and thought back to the Grindylow.

They all gave nervous glances to each other and took their spots in holding Rin down. Koneko and Yukio held down his arms while Bon and Shima held down his legs.

"Are you all ready?" Hiro asked. After a short pause they all nodded, although Shima looked ready to bolt out the door. "Ok then, let's begin" Hiro lifted her arms again, but this time directly laying them down on Rin's Chest. She took notice to that he was barely breathing. They needed to work fast.

Hiro began to softly chant under her breath and press against Rin's chest. The all could feel the power in her words as they escaped her mouth. She began to speak louder and speed up as her hands began to glow white. Rin's face contorted in pain and he let out a painful moan. Everyone nearly jumped out of their skin when he suddenly jolted up and started to yell. Yukio had almost let go of his arm!

Sheimi and Izumo covered their ears from Rin's loud cries.

He thrashed on bed trying to yank his arms free and kicked wildly at Bon and Shima. Bon was actually taken aback by how much strength Rin still had in his wounded state. He was now questioning what he had gotten himself into.

"HOLD HIM STILL!" Hiro shouted over Rin's yelling "WHAT EVER YOU DO, DON'T LET HIM GO!"

Yukio clenched his teeth as he tried to hold down his wild brother. "Nii-san! Nii-san, calm down!" He tried to sooth.

Rin's pained yelling turned into more of a growling as he continued to kick and punch at the ones who were restraing him. He actually landed a few kicks on both Shima and Bon, but they refused to let go. Rin's voice was instantly cut off by fresh blood spilling from his lips onto the bedside. The crimson liquid stained the freshly cleaned sheets.

"Hiro! Is he supposed to be doing that?!" Yukio shouted as he continued to hold down the thrashing Rin.

"Yes! His Organs are just shifting back into place!" Hiro still focused on pressing down on his chest with her glowing hands. "I'm almost done!"

They all gritted their teeth and tightened their grip on Rin, waiting for the treatment to end.


After another painful five minutes of Rin's kicking and screaming, Hiro had finished and cleaned up the rest of his wounds. He now silently slept in a new bed with clean sheets and covers on the other side of the room. The other exwires and Yukio all sat by Hiro at her desk resting. The guys were totally wiped out from having to hold down Rin for ten minutes.

Yukio starred down into the coffee that Hiro had given him. Everything had settled down so he decided to ask Hiro some questions now. "So Hiro, how do you know Rin so well?" Yukio asked. He was tired of not knowing what was going on.

Hiro starred at Yukio for what seemed like minutes and sighed. "I guess there's no need to hide it." She looked up at everyone and saw that they all looked at her with curious eyes. "As you all have probably already found out, I'm not really here to be a doctor for the students." Hiro confessed. "I'm actually a 1st class Exorcist and I specialize in a powerful healing technique that allows me to properly heal demons whenever it is needed." She paused for a second and looked over at Rin. "I'm really supposed to be here to be a doctor for a demon, and that demon is Rin."

Yukio was more confused than ever. "Why does he need a doctor? Can't he heal himself?"

Hiro had been expecting this question. "Yes, but I treat serious wounds that take more time to heal, like this one today. Though I have never seen him in such critical condition before."

"Does he get hurt often?" he asked "What does he do to get hurt so badly?" Yukio blurted. His head was swirling with questions.

Hiro seemed to stiffen at the more personal questions. "I'm not sure. I'm only a doctor. If I see a wound, I heal it. End of story."

"Can't you tell us anything more?" Yukio pleaded.

Hiroi gave a sad smile. "I'm afraid not my dear." An awkward silence filled the room and to get away from the conversation, she stood up and headed for the door. "I trust you all that you've got this under control now. I have to go to a staff meeting and I won't be back for a while. Feel free to stay and make yourself at home." Hiro said sweetly as she quickly left the room.

"Well….there goes another person who refuses to talk about Rin." Izumo huffed in annoyance.

Yukio angrily starred into his mug once more. Not only could he not protect his brother, he couldn't even find out anything about him. It's like there was giant wall separating them from Rin. What didn't they want them to know?

"I wonder what poisoned Rin." Shiemi thought aloud.

"Or who." Izumo added.

Shiemi turned to Yukio and saw how he was scowling. "Yukio, are you alright?" Shiemi asked

Yukio furrowed his brow. "No...I hate this...I can't even protect Rin! Even though I noticed something was wrong with him, I didn't do anything. I only stood there thinking about how much of a shitty person he was! What kind of brother does that make me?!" Something inside Yukio had snapped. "He's not the shitty brother...I am." he hoarsely whispered.

No one had expected for Yukio to feel so bad, after all it was just as much as their fault as it was Yukio's.

"You know that's not true." Shiemi tried to sooth. "Just look. You were the first one to run and help Rin." She said with a soft smile.

Koneko nodded. "Yeah, no one cares about Rin more than you do." He reassured.

"We all want to protect Rin too." Bon said with a smirk.

Yukio lifted his head to see all of them giving him smiles, and comforting looks.

"Thanks." he said while finally smiling.

"Well I'm just glad I got to see Rin's tail again." Shima said with a wide grin. "I kinda missed it, ya know?" It wasn't long before everyone was laughing at his comment. It was times like these that Shima really brightened the mood and for that, Yukio was grateful.

Everyone silenced when the infirmary doors opened again. They all expected to see Hiro walking in, but were greeted by two unfamiliar Figures.

One was a little girl who couldn't have been more than 3ft.8, and only reached the waist of the man standing next to her. She had long blonde hair and stunning blue eyes and wore a white ruffled dress that just so happened to match her flower crown. Next to her stood a man a couple inches taller than Yukio that had chestnut brown hair braided down to his lower back. He had cruel charcoal eyes that had a hint of mischief and a thin scar running across the bridge of his nose. He had chiseled features and was slim but well built. He wore the same long Exorcist uniform as Rin, with the exception of a weapon by his side. They were both very beautiful people, and no doubt that they always stood out.

Yukio was the first to stand up and speak. "Can we help you? Hiro is out at the moment but I-" before he could finish his sentence, the little blonde girl ran straight up to him with a worried look on her face.

"Where's Rin? Is he here?!" She blurted in a worried tone. Her eyes and cheeks were red and puffy as if she had been crying. "I could feel that Rin was here! Where is he?!" She looked on the verge of tears.

The man that had been next to the little girl walked over to where they were standing. "Please excuse her. She's just a little shaken up right now." The chestnut smiled. "My name is Neji. I am a Upper 1st Class Exorcist here at True cross." He spoke smoothly as he bowed in respect. "And this is Hikari, my niece."

Yukio didn't know what to think about the two, but he was sure something was odd about them. This Neji guy had a sketchy feel to him. Like a shadow under the mask of a gentlemen

Neji continued his smile "We are sorry to intrude, but we are looking for our comrade, Rin."

Yukio hesitated to answer. "He's in the bed on the far side of the room. He was injured pretty badly, so we took him here for treatment."

Hikari ran straight to the bedside to see Rin. "Rin! See Neji, I told you Rin was hurt. He called to me!"

Neji sighed "Please don't mind anything she is saying. You know kids with their imagination." He chuckled. "Any who, we would like to take Rin into our care now. So if you would please give him to us." He said with his never ending smile.

The exwires could feel the atmosphere grow heavy in the entire room. This man had such an overpowering aura to him. They all couldn't help but think what would happen if they were to refuse to give Rin to them.

To everyone's surprise, Bon was the one to reply. "We have got everything under control here. We've already properly healed him. If you move him now, you might open his wounds again." Bon growled while scowling at Neji. He could feel bad vibes coming from this Neji guy.

Neji starred at Bon for a few moments, sending shivers up his spine, then walked to Rin's bedside. Not even listening to what Bon had said, he picked up Rin and carried him bridal style. He remained unconscious, and breathed easily

"Carrrrreful Neji! You know how important he is." Hikari warned as they started to walk to the door. Just before they got to the door, Yukio stood in front of them, cutting them off.

"That's far enough. Put Rin back, you have no right to just come in here and take him." Yukio said sternly. He didn't want anyone taking Rin away from them.

"And what gives you the right to keep Rin with you?" Neji chuckled. He didn't exactly like people standing up to him.

"He's my brother!" Yukio barked at Neji.

Neji's character immediately changed. His face darkened and his aura became absolutely vile. "So you are Rin's brother. And I assume you all must be his students" His words became vicious and harsh. "You all are the ones that pushed him over the edge."

Neji's words felt like punches to the face.

"You humans disgust me. Get out of my way." Neji spat as he pushed Yukio aside and walked out the door. "Let's go Hikari" He called from the hall.

Hikari picked up Rin's ragged Exorcist uniform and shortly bowed before leaving the room. "Don't worry about Neji. He's just gets grumpy when he's hungry. ~!AND THANKS FOR TAKING CARE OF RIN!~" She sang from out in the hallway.

The exwires just stood there in total shock. What Neji said really made them feel guilty and ashamed.

Minutes passed and Yukio still stood by the door wide eyed, thinking about what Neji had said. Had they really pushed Rin over the edge? How far did they push him? What did they make Rin do?


I chose to shut myself away…Here in this dark place.

I hide my face In my knees to keep my eyes from seeing the darkness. Why do I feel so sad? Was this sadness always here?...I can't remember.

A sharp pain sinks in my chest...I hurts…It hurts so much

The silence envelopes me...… ~Rin...I want to protect Rin~

I hear voices…they are far and barely echo into my ears. ~We all want to protect Rin~ Why do I long to hear the voices? I want to hear….I want to be heard.

I turn my head to the thumb sized hole in the wall. A soft white light flows through it. I lift my hand into the light. It's warm...

Are the voices coming through there? I want to hear more of the voices...

The first wall starts to silently crack and chip away, giving way to new light. White light streams through into my darkness…..darkness that I created...

I shouldn't ignore it.

I can't ignore it.

I won't ignore it.


Oh my heavens! This took way too long. I don't want to be the bringer of excuses, buuuut…My laptop screen is kinda broken. In order to get it to work and show the picture, I literally had to hold the screen a certain way while typing and retyping the stories.

IT WAS A TOTAL PAIN IN THE BOOTY! I also started school again…..yippee!? Well thanks for reading PLEASE COMMENT tell me what you think!

-Hugs & Giggles, Kinue