They were all in stunned silence after Rin made his declaration. "Are you insane?" Arthur asked quieter than usual. "Do you really think that's ever going to work?!" He then shouted.

"Perhaps." Rin replied in a dull tone. "But that is my dream, and my purpose in the world is to remove Satan. You can help me or not just don't get in my way." Rin began to walk past him to leave.

Bang!

There was a loud gunshot and a bullet zipped past Rin's face and landed in a tree to his side. Rin stopped and turned towards the direction the bullet was shot from. Yukio was standing outside of the barrier now, one of his pistols was smoking and aimed at Rin.

"I can't let you do this Rin." Yukio told his brother. "I can't let you go risking your life on this. What your planning is crazy, you'll die before that ever happens." Rin turned towards his brother.

"Is that supposed to be joke?" He sneered. "You? Caring about me? You didn't care about me five years ago, why should I believe that anything changed?"

"Rin i'm sorry!" Yukio shouted back quickly. "I'm sorry for pointing a gun at you back then, i'm sorry for abandoning you and leaving you to grow up the way you did. I feel awful about that and I have for the past few years. I do care about you and I don't want to see you throwing away your life like this."

"Tch. Throwing it away?" Rin mocked. "My life never had any value to begin with, you showed me that. Now you can stop this and turn away like always or you can keep this up and i'll deal with you just like anyone who gets in my way." Yukio glared down his sights.

"I won't let you do this." He calmly declared.

"So, you finally have the guts to actually shoot me for once?" Rin asked. "It's about time." There was a brief silence. "This has been coming for a long time now."

"It didn't have to be like this." Yukio replied.

"No, it had to end up like this." Rin rushed in and Yukio fired. Rin tilted his head and dodged the bullet as it zipped by. He was so fast that Yukio did not get time to fire a second round. Rin was already upon him and sent out a side kick. His attack was blocked by Shura's sword. Rin kicked off it and gained some distance.

"Shura, what are you doing?" Yukio asked in surprise.

"I can't let you take him on all by yourself." She answered. "I hope you know you're in for one hell of a fight. This guy took out a Demon King, a squad of elite exorcists, and the Paladin."

"Yeah, I noticed." Yukio responded as he drew his second gun. Shura pointed sword at Rin.

"Absolute emptiness!" A group of transparent snakes formed out of Shura's sword and went for Rin. He tried to block but they ended up passing through him. His blue flames disappeared and he seemed to return to human form. "That's the power of my demon sword!" Shura shouted as she rushed in at Rin. "It dissolves demonic energy and leaves the target vulnerable!" She lunged and sent her sword to jab straight for Rin. He spun and got out of the way of the attack. Shura passed behind him and as he turned he delivered a swift elbow to the side of her head. She tumbled and rolled sideways, quickly managing to get back to her feet as some blood ran down the side of her head.

"I have been practicing nonstop for the past five years. My physical abilities are enough to deal with you." Rin told her. His blue flames then returned, shooting out in a short burst before dulling down to normal. "Hmm, seems that didn't last very long." Rin quickly turned his attention away from her as Yukio fired. Rin spun Kurikara and deflected the bullet.

"Enough Rin!" Yukio shouted. "I don't want to do this!" Rin gritted his teeth.

"Will you just SHUT UP ALREADY!?" He yelled before rushing it at Yukio. Rin slashed overhead and Yukio dodged it by taking a step back. Rin then slashed with both swords sideways which Yukio dodged in the same manner. "You're the one who told me to go die all those years ago!" He made two swift diagonal cuts with each sword. Yukio used his pistols to block them but was just barely able to. "You abandoned me!" Rin jumped and did a half spin, sending a quick kick into Yukio with the sole of his foot. Yukio flew back and rolled along the ground. He got back to his feet as quick as he could. Rin stood where he was and glared at him. "You made your decision back then, and now you can live with it."

"Rin, I was ten!" Yukio defended.

"So was I, that sure didn't stop you though." Rin responded with a glare. "You abandoned me and left me on the streets, now you want my forgiveness? Here I thought you were supposed to be the more mature one." Rin stopped his banter when a fist struck him in the side of the face. Rin was sent off his feet and did a cartwheel in air, landing on feet and facing Ryuji, who had just punched him.

"I can only listen to you spew so much crap." Ryuji said with an angered look. "Just listen to yourself! Acting like your brother isn't sorry for what he did and that you're all alone. Well what the hell about us? We've been your classmates for the past few months, doesn't that mean anything?!"

"No, it doesn't." Rin answered without any thought. Ryuji gritted his teeth again.

"Alright, if that's the way you feel fine! I'll stop you with them!" He declared, pointing at Rin.

"So be it." Rin went for Ryuji who was too slow to react. He was only saved when Shura rushed in a swung at Rin. He had to flip away from her attack, but ended up kicking her in the face as he did so. Her head snapped back and she clutched her face in pain.

"Gah, what the hell do you think you're doing kid?" She asked Ryuji in an irritated voice. "He's too strong for you, get back in the barrier."

"Yeah, get out of there Bon!" Konekomaru agreed.

"Fine." Ryuji ran back inside the protective barrier. "I'll just help from back here."

"What? Do you think he even has a fatal verse?" Konekomaru asked.

"I don't know. But it's worth a shot. I'll just have to recite all that i've memorized so far and hope for the best." Ryuji closed his eyes and began reciting the Bible from the very beginning. Rin began casually walking over to the barrier.

What's he doing? Yukio thought as he watched Rin walk over to the barrier. He stopped just outside it as Ryuji was just on the other side, reciting as many verses as he could. Rin sheathed both of his swords and the flames around him disappeared. After they were gone he took another step forward and crossed the barrier. He was now standing right in front of a very surprised Ryuji. Rin grabbed hold of him by the throat and Ryuji made a hacking sound. Rin swept his feet out from behind slammed Ryuji to the ground. After Rin let go Ryuji began to cough and hack as he tried to breathe properly again.

"Didn't you notice I crossed the barrier before when we left to find the lantern? That barrier doesn't work on me when i'm in my normal form, and i'm still strong enough to deal with all of you." He turned and began to walk away but stopped right on the edge of the barrier. "But just so you don't get any ideas." Rin stomped on the edge of the seal on the ground and smothered it with his foot. With that action the barrier was broken and would no longer protect them from any sort of demons. Rin drew both of his swords again and walked closer to the two trained exorcists. They stood a few feet apart and readied for the fight to continue.

"So what?!" Ryuji shouted, his voice returned and he managed to sit upright. "You think just because I can't hide behind a shield I won't stand up to you?!" He now got to his feet. "I don't care how powerful you are, i'm not just going to sit by and do nothing. I will stop you!"

"Is that right?" Rin asked as he turned slightly and stared at Ryuji. Ryuji glared back at him in anger.

"Bon's right!" Konekomaru agreed. "We can't just stand by and do nothing, i'll help too."

"I'm not much of a fighter, but i'll do what I can." Renzo replied as he stepped forward with his staff and rings.

"I humbly appeal to thee oh Goddess Inari. Hear my wishes, let none be unfulfilled." Izumo chanted and brought her fox familiars forth. She joined the line of the Pages ready to stand up against Rin.

"Um... I don't... I don't know if I can do this..." Shiemi stammered.

"Shiemi!" Ryuji suddenly shouted. She jumped a bit in shock. He turned his head and grinned at her. "If you feel like you can't do this no one will blame you. This took a lot of courage, and you're closer to Rin that any one of us."

"Yeah, we can't ask you to turn on your friend like that." Renzo agreed, smiling as well.

"I..." She was so surprised to see their understanding. "Thank you." She ran away and hid behind a tree just outside of the clearing. The exorcists all circled Rin, all ready for battle. His eyes darted around, trying to formulate a strategy.

"So, what's it going to be Rin?" Yukio asked. "I'll give you once last chance to stop all of this and come back to us." Rin's focus now moved to Yukio, and although he looked collected Yukio could see the hate in his eyes.

"Tch." Was Rin's response. He crossed both arms across his chest. "All consuming flame." He uncrossed his arms and held them out to each side. A large dome of flames surrounded him and expanded with great speed. The surrounding exorcists were all caught in the attack and launched backwards as the flames shot out. Rin's attack ended up covering a 20 meter long diameter. Shiemi shook in fear behind the tree she was hiding behind.

"Wow, he's real scary when he's like this." She noted. Rin took out a slip of paper and began going through the process of summoning a familiar.

"From blood of crimson red, I hereby summon you back from the dead." There was a gust of wind in a circle in front of Rin and his Tetsunochi was once more brought into Assiah. He looked around the forest.

"Hmm, where are we now?" He asked in mild confusion.

"A forest outside of the academy ground." Rin replied. Tetsunochi observed a bit more and saw the other exorcists starting to get back up. He noticed they were in a circle around the two of them and seemed to be moving in. He also just then noticed Rin's aura of blue flames.

"Oh, did they find out?" He asked with an excited voice. "Are you going to turn on the people who used to be your friends?"

"I never had friends." Rin replied dully. "You take care of the pages, leave the two trained ones to me."

"Really? Even the girl you had me help before?"

"No." Rin replied. "She's decided to stay out of this, so let her be."

"Hm, fair enough." Tetsunochi responded as he drew his own sword.

"Demon whirlwind!" They both shouted in unison. They took off with their attacks in different directions, Rin's was now blue with his flames. Tetsunochi went right for the younger exorcists and passed between Ryuji and Izumo, who were just barely able to turn to dodge the attack. Rin went for Yukio who ducked sideways much like Rin had against Arthur. Rin sailed over him and landed a short distance behind. Shura came at Rin with an attack. Rin blocked it with Ginkaze and then quickly countered with Kurikara. Shura jumped back and Yukio began to open fire. Rin was able to swiftly deflect all his bullets with both swords. Rin then rushed in to attack Yukio, bringing both swords down overhead. Yukio rolled to the side to get out of the way. He then took off while firing and Rin gave chase. The two of them disappeared into the forest with Shura following behind.


Meanwhile, the pages had their hand's full with Rin's familiar. Tetsunochi did a another Demon Whirlwind and went for Konekomaru. Konekomaru dropped down against the ground and the attack passed over him. The warlord landed against a tree and kicked off, flipping through the air and landing on the ground below. "He's fast." Konekomaru noted before picking himself up from the ground. Izumo's foxes flew through the air and passed through each side of Tetsunochi. Green dust exploded from him and he doubled over in pain.

"Woah, can't let myself get hit by that again." He commented.

"Wow, what was that?" Renzo asked.

"It's the ability of my familiars." Izumo explained. "They're capable of doing much more damaged against the undead. Since he was a human who's now trapped as a demon he counts as undead is weaker against my foxes."

"Well if that's the case, i'm willing to be his fatal verse is somewhere in the book of John too." Ryuji theorized.

"It's worth a shot." Konekomaru stated. "Do you have the whole book memorized Bon?"

"No, only a little over the first half."

"Well I have the second half pretty well memorized. You work from the beginning and i'll work backwards and i'm sure we'll find it eventually."

"Right." Ryuji agreed with a nod. They two of them closed their eyes and began to focus as they recited verses.

"Oh no you don't!" Tetsunochi yelled before coming at the two of them with another Demon Whirlwind.

"Look out!" Renzo jumped in the way and blocked the attack with his staff. It was struck by Tetsunochi's sword.

"Why you!" Tetsunochi flipped himself forward in air and brought the heel of the foot up and kicked Renzo in the head. Renzo crashed to the ground below and Tetsunochi landed on his feet. He raised his sword up and prepared to deliver the death blow. Before he could however, one of Izumo's foxes passed through his arms and there was another green dust explosion. Tetsunochi lost control of his arm past the elbow and it hung limp with the fingers still curled around his sword.

"Yeoww!" He cried. The second fox went for his legs but he jumped and flipped over them. He landed in front of Izumo and tried to slash at her with his limp sword. She manged to back out of the way to protect herself, but he ended up cutting through her summoning papers. The two foxes vanished in two poofs of white smoke. The old warlord then spun and caught Izumo with a backhand. His fist slammed into her and sent her flying off a short distance. He panted as he was out of breath.

"But Jesus would not trust himself to them because he knew them all, and did not need anyone to testify about human nature. He himself understood it well." Ryuji recited.

"Noooooo!" Tetsunochi suddenly seemed to distort then vanished in a large poof of green dust that fell to the earth. After it was over he rushed over to Renzo and Konekomaru to Izumo.

"Hey, you alright" Ryuji asked his face down friend.

"Yeah, peachy." Renzo replied with a smile and a dazed looked. Ryuji helped him to his feet.

"Are you alright Miss Kamiki?" Konekomaru asked as he ran over to her. She was sitting upright and manged to get herself back on her own feet.

"I'm fine." She replied a bit standoffish.

"Come on, we need to help Professor Okumara and Kirigakure." Ryuji told them. The group of pages then took off in the same direction the others did earlier.


Yukio was running through the trees and brush of the forest, maneuvering between trees as he fired at Rin. Rin was jumping from tree to tree, launching himself off them as he chased down Yukio and evaded his attacks. He did another Demon Whirlwind and smashed through a couple trees as he moved in on Yukio. Yukio jumped and launched himself off a tree as well, going over Rin's attack. Shura now caught up and went to attack Rin. She slashed sideways and cut through a tree that he was on. Rin jumped from it and landed behind her. Yukio disappeared into some brush.

Shura rolled backwards and stood up right in front of Rin, this time coming at him with an upwards slash. Rin stepped back to dodge it and did the same when she alshed again horizontally. She then spun and went for another horizontal attack. Rin jumped above it and spun himself, delivering a swift heel kick to her face. She fell backwards and rolled with it again. Shura wiped the blood from her nose and held her sword back up.

"Shura!" She heard Yukio shout. She turned her head to see him in a clearing behind her. He motioned for her to come over. Shura turned way from Rin and ran over to Yukio. There was a lake in the center of the clearing and Yukio was on the other side. She began to run around it as quick as she could.

"Yeah, what did you want?" She asked as she came over. Before Yukio could give her an answer, Rin launched himself as quick as a flash over the lake. He almost seemed to be flying he moved so fast. He crossed the lake and went right for Yukio. When he got halfway across the lake however he suddenly stopped and was surrounded by a ball of water. Several women like figures began to rise from the water with their arms outstretched towards the sphere Rin was encased in. They held him there as they stood around Rin in a circle.

"I'm not much of a summoner, but I was eventually able to summon a few Water Naiads to set a trap." Yukio told her. Shura smirked.

"That as a smart plan." She complimented him. "So what do we do now?" Yukio let out a sigh.

"I don't think he's willing to listen to reason anymore." He replied with a heavy heart as he stared downwards. "Do with him what you have to."

"Right." Shura agreed. She could tell Yukio was not happy with this decision. She wanted to help Rin too, but based on his previous actions she could tell that was out of the question. Rin heard the whole thing while trapped insdie the Water Naiad's prison. He pulled out his notepad and noticed the circle for Tetsunochi was faded, a sign that he was defeated. Rin tore the paper and tossed it aside. He began to draw another more intricate one.

"What's he doing?" Yukio asked as he watched Rin try to summon a familiar once more. Rin cut his finger with Ginkaze and made the blood offering.

"Hear me creature of the cold and icy black, most fowl from the dark depths, come forth and share with me your power. I summon thee, terror of the sevens seas." There was a bubbling in the lake under something suddenly burst out from it and sent the Water Naiads flying, dispelling the as they hit various objects. A massive white sea serpent with the head of a dragon appeared from the lake. It was so large that only a small part of it was within the lake. Most of it was outside, it's massive head high in the air with Rin standing up on it. Down below, Yukio and Shura stared up frozen in shock and fear.

"No way..." Yukio managed to say. "That's... Leviathan, son of Egyn."

The students weren't far away and they could all see Leviathan's head above the trees. "Holy crap, what is that?!" Ryuji shouted. Leviathan let out a massive roar and slapped the lake with its tail. A massive circular wall of water shot out around it, far more than what was already in the lake. It then went outwards in all directions. Yukio and Shura were unable to avoid the incoming wall of water and were swept away with it. The nearby students soon found themselves unable to escape the same fate. "RUN!" Ryuji shouted as they all turned around and tried to high tail it out of there. They too were unable to avoid the incoming wall of water and it soon took them as well. The massive wall of water took them all with it and soon began to lose momentum. Back by the campground Shiemi was holding onto a tree as a fierce current of water up to her knees threatened to sweep her away.

"Wh-what was that?" She asked fearfully.

"Nee!" Her familiar cried out equally as fearfully.


When the attack began to weaken it scattered its victims around helplessly. Yukio and Shura were lying down not far from each other trying to gasp for breath. Konekomaru was sitting up against a tree with Ryuji and Renzo on the ground not far from him. Izumo was hanging over the branch of a tree near them. She was unable to move anymore and hung there defeated.

"Ugh, you guys alright?" Ryuji asked as he began to pick himself up. He coughed up some water.

"Never better." Renzo answered sarcastically. "Man that was a ferocious attack." He commented as he used his staff to pick himself up. He watched as Ryuji ran over to Konekomaru and began to help him up. Renzo then turned to look around and saw Rin standing right in front of him on the other side. "Uwaaa!" He shouted in fear before he swung at Rin. Rin dropped his swords to each side and grabbed Renzo's staff as he attacked. He delivered a swift side kick that sent Renzo flying past his two friends. He then hit a rock and launched up a short distance before falling to the ground defeated as all.

"Renzo!" Ryuji shouted. He turned to face Rin only to have the loop end of Renzo's staff around his neck. Rin pulled him forward and Ryuji flew off the ground towards Rin. Rin let go of the staff as Ryuji came flying forward and he struck his classmate in the chest with an open palm strike. Ryuji flew backwards with the staff still around his neck. Konekomaru could only watch as Ryuji went flying by much like Renzo. Rin went after him next, delivering a spinning kick with the sole of his foot that slammed Konekomaru against the tree once more. It splintered and broke where Konekomaru impacted and he slid down against it once more. He didn't get back up this time. Rin turned around when he heard someone else approaching. Shura was coming at him full speed. Rin grabbed his two swords and sent out a series of flame bullets.

"Serpent fang!" Shura sent out a series of crescent shaped air projectiles. Each one clashed with Rin's flame bullets, nullifying each others attack. Shura continued to come at him and went in for a direct stab. Rin held out his hand with Kurikara.

"Flamethrower." Rin spoke before a ball of blue fire shot out from his hands and consumed Shura. Somehow she still managed to pass out through the other side, still thursting her sword at him. Rin manged to step back but not before she could hit her target. She stabbed through his whole notepad while it was in his coat, no longer allowing him to summon anymore. Leviathan let out a massive roar before it distorted and then faded away.

Got... it... Shura thought to herself before she fell face first to the ground.

"You bastard!" Ryuji shouted. Rin looked over to where he had flown off to see him now charging at Rin with Renzo's staff. When he got close Ryuji swung it sideways, aiming for Rin's head. Rin deflected the attack with Ginkaze in his left and and with Kurikara and slashed Ryuji at the thigh. Ryuji let out a scream of pain as Rin spun with his attack and hit him in the head with the butt end of Ginkaze. Ryuji spun off the ground and landed face down in the dirt. "Damn." He muttered. He looked up only to see Rin pointing Kurikara right for him. Ryuji gritted his teeth as Rin stood over him like that.

"Rin!" Yukio suddenly shouted. Rin turned around to see Yukio with one of his pistols. He cocked it and aimed it at Rin. "Let's finish this." Rin turned around and they now faced each other.

"Right." Rin agreed. They stood there for only a brief moment before taking off directly for each other. Both of them had the same memory running through their head. A ten yer old Rin with his brother at their last dinner. One day, let's both become the best exorcists we can be and help out as many people we as we can.

They both closed in for one another, waiting for the right time to attack. Everything seemed to slow down at that moment. It was the deciding moment, everything had been leading up to this. Once they were right in front of each other Yukio fired and Rin slashed upwards. Yukio's right arm was severed, and as a result he missed. Rin stopped right behind Yukio.

"AAAAHHHHH!" Yukio shouted in pain. Rin spun around and kicked Yukio with another spinning heel kick. Yukio tumbled forward and ended up on his back. He stared up into the night sky and he began to breath heavily. He heard footsteps as Rin approached him. Rin stood over him to his left side. Rin stared down at his defeated brother with an unmoved expression.

"Rin..." Yukio managed to say weakly.

"Galatians Chapter 6, Verse 7." Rin suddenly said out of nowhere. "A man reaps what he sows. In other words actions have consequences. You made a choice with your action five years ago, now it's time to reap what you sow." Rin suddenly turned Kurikara around in his hand so that the blade was pointed downwards.

"And you think... this action won't have any consequences?" Yukio asked weakly.

"No, because this isn't an action. It's the consequence." Rin answered.

"Rin, don't do this." Yukio pleaded. "If you kill me and go after Satan... you're going to die."

"So what?" Rin asked, unmoved by the thought. "Nobody would care if I die. You showed me that years ago. My life have no purpose beyond this. So in order for me to have purpose in this world I must destroy Satan. But don't act like you care." He raised his sword to deliver the finishing blow. "Nobody cares about me."

"YOU'RE WRONG!" Rin and Yukio both looked over to see Shiemi standing there, a short distance away on the other side of Yukio. She looked mad but also like she was about to cry. Rin flipped Kurikara back to its normal position and stepped over Yukio.

"Rin... don't." Yukio tried to stop him to avail. Rin just walked past him over to Shiemi, both of his swords in hand.

"Shiemi, get out of there." Ryuji tried to tell her. Shiemi refused to move ad just gave Rin that angry look as he walked over to her. He stopped only a few inches from her.

"Does this mean you interned to defy me too Miss Moriyama?" Rin asked her rather casually.

"I don't know." She answered. "Truthfully I don't know about the things you said earlier. Maybe you're right, maybe the world really would be a better place if you killed Satan and took his place." She admitted. Her gaze then suddenly dropped. "But you're wrong because..." Then she looked back up at him. She was crying and looked heartbroken. "Because i'd be sad if you died."

That's when Rin's jaded look faded. He looked surprised, something no one had seen before. He looked at her with wide eyes and his jaw dropped slightly. His flames suddenly weakened.

"Is it true?" He asked, looking downwards himself with a look of deep thought. "Am I not alone anymore?" His blue flames were now dead at this point, even with Kurikara drawn. The next thing he knew Shiemi ran over and wrapped her arms around him in an embracing hug. He looked down at her in surprise.

"It must have been hard on you, growing up all lone like that." She told him in a soothing voice. "I know what it's like to be lonely, but I had my grandma. You didn't have anyone like that did you? But it's ok now Rin, you don't have to be alone anymore because you have me. I promise i'll be your friend no matter what." Rin was silent after that. He just stared wordlessly.

"Shiemi..." Ryuji tried to call out to her. He wanted her to run while she still could.

"Rin, you don't-" Shiemi stopped when she felt Rin's head bump against hers. He let his fall and rested in on the top of her's Then he did what no one expected. He suddenly began to cry. Tears could be seen streaming down his face as he sobbed gently against her. The only three people who were still conscious, Yukio, Shiemi, and Ryuji, were all watching in shock. Rin never showed emotion, and especially not like this.

"Shiemi." Rin suddenly spoke up though his sobs. "Thank you. I never... I never thought anyone could care about me anymore. So thank you."

She smiled up at him. "Does that mean you're going to come back now?" She asked hopefully.

"No." He replied. He broke their embrace and wiped the tears from his eyes. "Not right now anyway. There are some things I need to figure out by myself first."

"But, you will come back someday right?" She asked.

"Yeah." Rin nodded. With that he turned around to leave and walked off into the forest, disappearing from sight.

Up above Mephisto watched in his chair. "Hmm, what an anticlimactic ending. I was hoping for something more." He said to himself in disappointment. "Ah well, it would have been something to watch him try and kill Satan. But I suppose this does make for a sudden twist in our story. I certainly can't wait to see how it ends." With that he clapped his hands and vanished with a poof.


An hour later, the only one still left in that forest was the corpse of Amaimon. It seemed lifeless until suddenly something began to wiggle around under the skin on the back of his neck. A small hole burst open and a bug appeared from it. "How humiliating." Amaimon commented in a squeaky voice. A small green caterpillar with the head of Amaimon crawled out from the body. It crawled down the neck and began to crawl along the ground. "If Beelzebub ever saw me like this he'd never let me live it down. I can't believe I was defeated by that brat. I'll make sure he pays, i'll make sure-" A heavy boot began to press down on him and held him in place. A masked man with a red robe and chaos symbol on the back held the weakened Demon King in place. "Hey, what are you doing?!" Amaimon demanded. The man began to apply more pressure. Hey stop that! No, no, no wait!"

Squish!

The caterpillar Amaimon was squashed under the man's boot. He held up his gloved hand and blue energy began to come out from under his shoe in wispy streams. It began to ball in his palm until it formed a small light blue orb. He pulled out a jar and placed it in there just like with Azazel. He held up to his mask and eyed it intently.