With the town being attacked by the Other World creatures, the police wasted no time in coming, but the creatures easily outmatch them. One of the officers was able to kill one of the smaller ones, but a theropod shaped creature easily killed the officer as he was shooting at it.
The government tried to respond to the crisis by planning to send an army to liberate the town, but one of the followers managed to hack into the systems in an attempt to communicate with them.
"Hello everyone. Do you like what we've done to the place?"
"What do you want?" The Prime Minister asked.
"I just want to tell you to stay out of our way. The follower had the camera redirected at a tall skyscraper.
"You see this building here? Many hostages are trapped in there. Don't worry, they will be provided with food and water, but if we see one soldier outside of this city, one floor of hostages will be killed. Any further retaliation will result in the possible destruction of the entire building. I hope that is understood."
"Why are you doing this?" One of the advisors asked.
"To get revenge this city has done to our friends and family. My father committed suicide after no one here would hire him for a job and as a result, my family lived in poverty for years. All of us doing this have been badly affected by this city and now we will show everyone else how it feels."
"I can understand how you feel, but nothing can be gained from taking control of the city. How exactly will doing this make your life better?" The Prime Minister attempted to negotiate.
"It doesn't, this is just our act of revenge. I will repeat what I said once more; you get in our way, the hostages are dead." The follower cuts the connection, leaving the government members in disarray.
"What can be done exactly Prime Minister?" An agent asked.
"We can't use force at the risk of killing hundreds or possibly thousands of hostages. We will try to negotiate with the attackers in hopes to liberate the city. Even sending spy teams will prove risky."
"With the city under their control and many hostages held in an inescapable position, it looks like there is nothing we can do, but that at the moment. I can't believe that this is really happening."
Meanwhile in the Other World, the inhabitants began to flee as the land becomes unstable as they see their homes slowly being destroyed due to the effects of the vortex. With nowhere else to go Black Rock Shooter decides to hide in Mato's body, knowing that chaos is happening in the human world as well.
"Find the source." Rock told Black Gold Star and Dead Master as she leaves, prompting them to hurry to find Kaito's true persona.
In the human world, Rock connected to Mato's thoughts to communicate with her. "I am sorry, but I have to hide in your body for a while."
"Rock? What is going on here? I can see both your world and our city being taken over and destroyed."
"The persona responsible for this is strengthening the vortex, allowing the creatures to come from the Other World to the human world. The remaining people there are currently looking for the persona right now."
"What will happen now?"
"We won't be able to win at this rate so try to keep yourself alive until we can fight back."
Rock then releases Mato's thoughts back to the human world as she, Yomi, Saya, Yuu, and Kagari watches the creatures in dismay. Rin and Kuro, on the other hand, refuse to back down, running from the group, and begins attacking the creatures, killing a number of them only to see more coming.
"Rin, there is too many of them for us to fight." Kuro warned him.
"Then we are going to have to find the main source of who is responsible."
"I already got his scent. It is the same guy you defeated and had arrested."
"Are you serious?"
Before Kuro can answer, Mato and her friends manage to catch up to Rin after seeing him run away.
"Rin, why did you run from us?" Mato asked.
"I know who attacked our city. It is the death row inmate, Kaito."
"What? But I thought he was incarcerated already."
"That is what I thought to, but it turns out that it was all a part of his plans to gain some followers as I see people getting involved in the attack. We got to find him and put a stop to this."
"You won't have to look too far." Kaito approaches the group.
Seeing him upon sight, Rin prepares to draw his Kurikara, but Kaito held out his hand. "Watch yourself. The city is now full of hostages. You destroy me and they will be destroyed as well."
"What exactly do you want?"
"Your blood. I will allow Satan to take over my body as he promised me that he would help me take over this city to what I see fit. The Gehenna Gate must be opened for that to happen."
Kaito then takes out the vile of blood. "You see this? This is the vile of blood I was able to collect from Rock after our battle. This is how I was able to open the vortex between the Other World and the human world. I plan to do the same with Rin's blood to make this a better place for people like me."
"What does Rin have to do with it?" Mato asked as Saya watches with concern.
"So you don't know? Rin became an Exorcist after his foster father was killed in an attempt to kill Satan himself, but the reason for Satan's involvement in his father's death was because Rin is one of the true sons of Satan. If you notice his abnormal abilities, especially when he fights, you would know that he is not normal. Rin inherited his powers from his father and plans to use it against him once he goes back to True Cross Academy, but I am not going to let you do that."
Everyone except for Saya and Rock are appalled after being told of Rin's origin as the two become worried about how they will react towards him.
"There is no way I will help you complete your goals Kaito." Rin takes out his Kurikara, exposing his blue flames in front of everyone.
"You won't have a choice. Like I said, this city is now full of hostages and if you don't give me what I need, then my followers and creatures will kill them one by one. Help cannot come as all routes are blocked. So what do you say?"
Angry that he cannot do anything without the risk of harming the hostages, Rin puts down his sword and remains silent. Seeing Rin having trouble making his decision, Kaito decides to give him some time to think about it.
"Seeing as this is all shocking to all of you. I will wait two months to allow people to live their last moments in this city, but if you don't give me what I want after that time, one hostage will die each day you refuse." Kaito falls back and orders the creatures to stop attacking and surround the city.
Rin and Kuro leave their friends and heads back to the dorm distraught that the truth was revealed and that a choice has to be made or the hostages will be killed. He decides to contact Yukio after seeing that there is no one to talk to.
"Hello?" Yukio answered.
"Yukio, it's me." Rin spoke in a low voice.
"I heard the news that the city has already been taken over. What is happening right now?"
"Kaito has almost the entire population hostage. He plans to open the Gehenna Gate in order to allow Satan to come and assist him in making the city he sees fit. He is giving me only two months to decide whether I give up my blood or risk having the hostages killed."
"I will have this reported to the other Exorcists. Hopefully two months will be enough to find a way to fight back. You should take your friends somewhere safe."
"I don't think most consider me as a friend anymore, Kaito revealed my origin to everyone and now I am back to where I started."
"There has got to be someone who still trust you despite that knowledge. At least through that person, there is still hope for you. Do whatever you can before making the decision. Remember what happened last time the Gehenna Gate was opened."
"That is something I will never forget Yukio."
"Make sure that my friends there don't get involved either. I don't want them to fight just for me."
"I understand. Make sure that those you care about stay alive. We'll keep in contact." Yukio hangs up the phone and shows concern towards Rin.
"Is there something wrong Yuki-chan. What is happening to Rin?"
"My brother ran into a little trouble. I know that he will be okay though."
"As expected from Rin to always get into trouble." Ryuji said to cover up, as he knows that Yukio is lying and later shows concern on what could be happening to Rin.
Once the town becomes quieter, the same creatures that attacked it began patrolling the streets with the hostages still trapped in the skyscraper. A protest was committed by a small group of people and was captured as a result by Kaito's followers. Under the mercy of Kaito, he decided that the best execution was to place them in a remote area of the city. As the protestors began wondering around, insect-like creatures began popping off of the ground and begin killing them. One of the followers, who witnessed the carnage, revealed that the area was a feeding ground to the monsters and anybody who goes against them gets eaten there.
Rin saw what happened, as he lies depressed on a rooftop knowing that there is nothing he can do for them. Kuro lies next to him, easily dismayed by the killing.
"What are we going to do?" Kuro becomes more worried.
"I don't know. If I rescue the protesters, the followers will respond by killing the hostages. Even if we can fight back there is no way we can win alone." Rin responded.
"There has got to be a way."
As with the girls, they are all gathered at a safe room in a town hall after being guided by the surviving officers. Other than Saya, the girls are still confused about Rin after learning that he was the son of Satan.
"That is some friend you got Mato." Yuu commented.
Mato, who is still in shock, remains silent and ignores everyone around her. Yomi and Saya show the most concern for her.
"Look Mato, we are all just as shocked as you when we found out about Rin, but think about what he has done for all of us. Do you think that he would just turn against us like that?" Yomi tried to remain positive.
"I don't really know what to think of him anymore. To think he was hiding such thing from me, it really hurts."
"Rin didn't want to hurt you Mato. He told me that the reason he didn't tell you was because he was afraid that everyone would avoid him like his friends first did when they found out back in his previous school." Saya said.
"How come he told you first instead of me?"
"Because I pushed him to tell me not that he wanted to. I promised him that I wouldn't tell anybody until he was ready to reveal it himself. He hates who he is and I don't blame him for that to be honest."
"I wasn't afraid to reveal my secret and he is afraid to reveal his?" Mato becomes angry.
"Calm down Mato, anybody would be afraid if they have such dark secret." Yomi tries to calm her.
"I am not mad that Rin is the son of the one responsible for this, I am mad that Rin doesn't seem to understand me as much as I thought."
Mato turns to Yuu and Kagari. "What do you two think of this?"
"Honestly, Rin maybe a slacker, but I will admit that he is more of a good person than what I see him as when he first came here." Yuu expressed her true opinion of how she sees Rin.
"I wonder if Rin believes that we are avoiding him, because we know." Kagari also shows concern.
"Tell us what you think of him." Yomi confronts Mato.
"Why are you concerned about him anyway?" Mato asked Yomi.
"If it wasn't for him, I would still be afraid of losing my friends, but he helped me get over that."
Mato still remains reluctant to answer, but does so anyway. "Rin is definitely one of my closest friends I ever have. He saved my life once and it only made us closer each day. I thought I could trust him completely, but I guess I was wrong."
"Don't think of it that way Mato. I am sure Rin is just as hurt as you are. He didn't have a good background to start with compared to us and only he can stop this. Just remember that Rin doesn't think any less of you even if you come to hate him for not trusting you." Saya advises Mato.
Mato puts herself into deep thought before picking herself up and walk away.
"What are you doing? It is not safe out there!" Yuu asked.
"It is not safe if you act against them and I have no intention of doing such a thing."
"Where are you going?" Saya asked.
"Back to my house to pick up some of my things. Don't worry, the guards will keep watch of me as they are also patrolling the streets."
"It still isn't safe. Remember that this city has been cut off so people have divided into smaller gangs to survive. They could be dangerous." Yomi warned.
"That is the reason I am staying away from alleys." Mato left before the rest of the girls can stop her.
Once Mato reaches outside, she is surprised to see the streets quiet, though heavily guarded. On her way back to the house, she sees a bird-like creature carrying another protestor into the air, awaiting execution. Seeing this causes Mato to become afraid, but continues nonetheless. Once she reaches her house, she went up to the room with an empty luggage and began packing her things. When she looks out the window, she can see looters ransacking an empty house a couple of blocks away, prompting her to pack quickly.
"I better hurry. Those thugs will stop at nothing to get what they need to survive." Mato whispers to herself.
Mato quickens the pace, but accidentally trips as a result with a picture frame landing on top of her head.
"Ouch! That hurts." Mato picks up the picture frame and recognizes that the photo inside of the frame shows Rin and her together inside of the Ferris wheel when they took pictures together.
After being momentarily distracted, she suddenly hears footsteps coming towards her house and packs the picture before leaving. When the thugs open the door, they see no one inside as Mato had already left.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" One officer yells.
"It is not safe out here, get to the safe room in town hall!"
"I know. I am on my way there right now." Mato rolls her language and passes the officer as she makes her way.
Realizing that the park has no value for looters, she decided to rest her and continues looking at the picture. She then took a look at Rin's dorm building, but knows that he probably isn't there before putting the picture in her bag. Remembering her time with him has made Mato confused with her feelings towards him.
"What exactly am I going to do?" Mato asked herself.
As Rin heads to the safe room, his cell phone begins ringing.
"Hello?" Rin answered.
"Hey brother, are you doing okay?" Yukio asked.
"I don't know Yukio. I am pretty much trapped in this town and I still have to make a decision once the two months passed."
"Don't give up hope yet. I have told the other Exorcists about your town being cut off due to creatures and they are planning something to help liberate the city, but since the creatures aren't demons, they are still trying to figure out how to fight against them."
"You and them are my only hope to help free this city, please make sure to count every possibility we have. We are fighting against one of Satan's strongest assistants you know?"
"I know, but keep me updated every now and then."
"I will. Goodbye for now." Rin hangs up his phone and heads to the safe room as instructed by the head officer.
"Do you think there is hope of winning?" Kuro asked.
"Only time will tell Kuro. For now, let's think of what we can do in here."
As Mato falls asleep, Black Rock Shooter comes to her dreams yet again to confront Mato.
"What do you want?" Mato asked.
"I want to tell you something about Rin. It is important so you better listen."
The Rock, Iron Man 2, and the Dark Knight Rises inspired the plot of this chapter. Like I said, I am still releasing chapters and will be sending a sneak preview of a new story that was voted on in the poll rather than releasing a new chapter of the stories I am still working on, but I will continue them after. I hope the readers enjoyed it and please leave a review.
