[INSPIRED BY Seraphim 0]
After the Hole War of Lucifer God, the winning side, lead by the firstborn angel, Michael, was able to remain in heaven, while the rest were stripped of their wings and sentenced to hell, a prison made for the angels that dared stray from the path of light. In Gehenna, the once mighty Archangel prepared for his revenge, building his kingdom with the help of a Swan and strengthening his army with his sons. His sons, the generals and second in command of the Netherworld, did whatever their father had ordered of them, but there was one thing that some of them could not bare. And that was losing their queen. "One day, my loves... we will be reunited. I swear off it." When that woman died, leaving behind her many children with Satan and the Ba'al, she tore a bigger rip into their family tree. Now, countless of eons later, in the year 2014, the unfinished show will finally continue, but this time, it will be for keeps. Who will win in the end?
AUTHOR NOTE
This is the fanfiction of a Fanfiction, created by Seraphim, who GAVE ME PERMISSION to write this. That writer's fanfiction is called Black Heaven. I was inspired by that story to create this one. What separates this story from that writer's one is that...
1) Rin will be a FEMALE. (I love genderbending)
2) The King of Water will stay a GUY
3) It will be DEMON KINGS X RIN
4) T -7 M. (maybe)
5) There will be reincarnations
6) Gabriell will fall for Rin
etc) Many more things as the story go on
Cleome: The Butterfly Flower
(The Next Morning)
(4:34 a.m.)
/Penthouse/
Rin slowly opened her eyes and sat up. "... Urr... my head..." she groaned, "... Huh?" Rin looked around and saw that she was in a bedroom that wasn't hers. There was a large flat-screen TV in front of the queen-size bed she was on, a door in the only folded corner, a close to her left, and a blind-window to her right. Rin undid her blanket and got out of bed, making her way to the window. She pulled the blinds up and saw an empty, concrete area on the other side. After seeing that, Rin turned around, 'Where am I?' Rin walked over to the door, 'The last thing I remember was fighting Lucifer and then Gabriel-' Rin froze when her fingertips were on the doorknob, '... That's right...'
Rin looked up at Gabriel and saw three pairs of Angel wings on
his back. "... Y- Y- You're an Angel..."
"... D- Did that really happen...?" she whispered to herself, looking down, "... Urr... My head!" Rin moaned, touching her head.
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The Ninth Night: We're Still Family
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/Living Room/
Uriel sat on the couch, looking down at her wine glass in her hand, while Gabriel stood against the glass wall, looking out at their pool. "... Gabriel..." Uriel began, "... How could you be so careless? I- I don't understand how can something like that just- just-... sigh... I don't even know what to say anymore," Uriel looked over at her brother with pleading eyes.
Gabriel turned around, looking at Uriel, "I don't either. Let's just be grateful Samael showed up when he did and knock her out. Who knows, maybe Rin'll think it was all just a bad dream."
Uriel gave Gabriel a dump-found look, "Yeah. A dream where her classmate, who got kidnaped by the King of Light, turns out to be an Angel who rescues her from crashing into Greenland from a falling plane," she rolled her eyes, "That'll work. And why we're at it, let's tell everyone else the reason why we're still alive after fighting against Lucifer was that he got tired of us and decided to call it a day~~."
"Tsk," Gabriel walked over to the armchair and poured himself a glass, "You know, if you got any better bright ideas, then you can be the one to explain things to her when she wakes up."
"... sigh... No thanks," Uriel looked over at the picture frame on the coffee table, as she rested the side of her body on the arm of the couch.
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(Yesterday Night)
/In The Sky/
"... No, Gabriel... YOU CAN'T!" Uriel cried, watching as Gabriel sprout wings and went after Rin.
"Hmhmhm," Lucifer chuckled.
"..." Uriel slowly looked up at her nephew, "Lucifer...!" she growled, getting to her feet.
"Goodbye, Uriel," Lucifer gave her one final nod, before stepping back and creating his own exit, "Tell Samael I'll be watching him, so he better make sure everything's in line," he stepped into the vortex,
'In line?' "LUCIFER, YOU BASTARD...!" Uriel called, shooting an arrow at the vortex before it could close.
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(Present Day)
Uriel groaned, reaching for her glass and taking a gulp from it. After her glass was empty, Uriel asked, "Hey, so when do you think the best time for us to ask Rin if she's Satan's spawn?"
"What...?" Gabriel froze before he could take a sip of his wine, "... R- Rin isn't-"
"Gabriel...! Connects the dots, why don't ya?!" Uriel placed her glass on the coffee table, "Lucifer kidnapped you solely so he can get to Rin, she didn't pass out like she's supposed to after seeing you, Samael and Amaimon are infatuated with her...!" she rolled her eyes, "And those are only the things I could think of on the top of my head!"
"You don't know that!" Gabriel countered, "If Lucifer really did do all of that to get to Rin, then why the Hell did he threw her out of the fricking plane?... And what the Hell do you mean by, 'infatuated'?!"
"Dude...!" Uriel pleaded, "I saw Amaimon kiss her in the middle of the hallway! Samael flinched after I started talking about her in his office! SHE'S WEARING THEIR H-E-A-R-T-S! ... You got a better reason for all of that!?"
"... Yeah, well-"
"Gabriel..." Uriel begged one more time, "W-H-Y are you denying what's so obvious...!?" she groaned, feeling the effects of the wine, "It was your idea to come down here, in the first place. No one wanted this more than you; not even Barachiel-"
"EVERYTHING'S DIFFERENT NOW, ALRIGHT!?" Gabriel intertwined his fingers, as he looked down at the floor, "Sh- She can't be the one... Because if she is then-... then-..."
"Then we'll have to kill her and you can't date her, right?" Uriel placed her elbow on the top of the couch back seat, "You p~o~o~r thing... GOD! Enough with this stupid little crush of yours! It was never going to work out, to begin with!"
"HEY...!" Gabriel stood up and looked down at his sister, "I DO NOT HAVE A CRUSH ON RIN OKUMURA! EXACTLY, HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT?!"
"How about enough times for you to actually make me believe you're telling the truth!" Uriel returned her brother's daring look.
"'Truth'?! 'TRUTH'?! You really wanna leather me, The Embodiment of Truth, about honestly!?... JUST WHO IN GOD'S NAME DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, HUH!?"
"I think I'm your twin sister and The Embodiment of Judgement, that's what!" Uriel stood up, "It may be your job to spread the meaning of virtue and make sure the ones that follow them in life are rewarded, but never, E-V-E-R forgets that it's MY job to pass judgment... IT'S IN THE NAME! Embodiment. Of. Judge. MENT! I don't let my feelings get in the way of my work! I don't favor a side when deciding who's right and who's wrong! And I most certainly don't go off falling head-over-heels in l~o~v~e~ with a Human and then saying I don't, even a little, HAVE FEELINGS FOR HER!"
Gabriel tightened his fist and stood his ground, "... Well as the Embodiment of Trust, I have to say you're not being very honest about your feelings! You just throw them away one minute, thinking "hey, I'm only doing my job! People will understand!". And then the next minute, working your butt off apologizing to everyone!" Gabriel countered, "Well, news flash, Sister, I'm your twin brother and even I don't understand what're half the things going through that crazy head of yours!"
Uriel lowered her eyes.
"GOD! And you told me to make up my mind?!" he threw his arms in the air and looked around, "Hey, you know what..." Gabriel looked back at Uriel and smirked, "Maybe that's where the Ba'al got it from~? That see-all-the-same and two-faced nature of theirs! They must have gotta it from their dear-old, heartless, Auntie Uriel~~."
...
Uriel tightened her fist and looked down, "... D- Do you think this's easy for me...!? HUH!? Well, do you!?..." she started to shake, "... I didn't choose to have this title! To be some sort of observing bitch!... Someone that just throw away her feelings and become an emotionless judge when needed," Uriel bit her lip, as she started to cried, "... Lucifer, no matter how twisted and cruel he was... he's still my big brother. And you know what I did when God decided that he should be thrown into Hell... I- I agree with the Lord and said he should never be allowed in Heaven again," Uriel looked back up, letting Gabriel see her watery face, "A- And it's not just Lucifer that I threw my heart away for. It was the same for our nephews..."
"..." Gabriel relaxed his fist, realizing that he'd just stepped into unspoken territory, "... Uriel..."
"Lucifer, Samael, Azazel, Iblis, Egyn, Astaroth, Amaimon, and Beelzebub... All of them may have taken part in the Great War but they were still innocent... Th- They just wanted to make their father proud...!" Uriel continued weeping, "They were barely adults at the time...! An- And do you know what I did to them when it came time for their trial?"
"... Sister, please," Gabriel took a step forward, "... That's enough."
"I sentenced all of them to the same place where God put Lucifer... In Hell!... H- Hell changes a person," Uriel placed both of her hands on the sides of her head and looked down, "I- I didn't know it at the time...! I- It was only after I was able to see Iblis again that I realize..."
. . . "Well, well, well... I wasn't excepting to see you, Aunt,"
the man spoke lazily, licking the blood from his hand clean off. . . .
"... H- He looked so... so not like the Iblis I taught how to read...! He was more like a- like a-"
"Like a Demon?" Gabriel grabbed Uriel's wrist and slowly brought her arms back to her sides.
Uriel looked up at her brother.
"... I know... It broke my heart, too, when I saw the Princes again after so long..." Gabriel wrapped his arms around his sister's body, partly blaming the wine for his sister's state of being, "... I'm sorry, Uriel. I didn't mean to hurt you like that. I should have known how painful it was for you... But, you know, I don't think to be the Embodiment of Judgement's all that bad," Gabriel half smiled, "Just think of everything else you've done. Like with Samael for starters," he tried cheering her up, "After that incident when he got nowhere to go, you gave him a job and now he's training further Exorcists... Just like the ones that help same me last night."
"And what about the ninth!" Uriel reminded him.
"'Th- The Ninth'?" Gabriel furrowed his brow.
"Lucifer's only child that inherited his flames...!" Uriel looked up, "We can't just let him off with a slap on the wrist. W- We have to kill him..." Uriel started to cry again, hiding her face with her brother's chest, "... I- I- I don't want to see anyone in my family dead...! But..."
"... I know... I feel the same way you do..." Gabriel held Uriel closer, "... That's why we sentenced Lucifer and the Princes to Gehenna... so we wouldn't have to kill any of them..." he looked over at his reflection in the glass-door and frowned, '... But no matter how badly we want this, he's still a Demon and we're Angels. It's our duty.'
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/With Rin/
Rin stood at the end of the hallway, watching her newly discovered Aunt and Uncle cried their eyes out. 'What...?' Slowly, Rin started walking backward, until she was back on the other side of the hallway. "... Gabriel's my-... Lucifer is-... Satan was-... ...Heaven...?" Rin gulped, '... What does this mean...?' Rin wrapped her arms around herself, 'What should I do? If I'm not careful, they'll kill me and maybe even Yukio...?' "... Who do I-" Rin stopped herself when she remembered someone's words.
. . . Lucifer pulled Rin closed and whispered in her ear, "Do you true me?"
before letting her go. . . .
Rin closed her eyes and took in a deep breath, before turning around. She reached for the doorknob that leads to the rest of the building and slowly turned it. Once outside, Rin looked up at the hallway ceiling, realizing what she has to do, "... God, I'm really going to hate myself for this, but..." Rin took in another deep breath, '... I need answers... and he's the only one I can turn to now.'
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(Yesterday Night)
/Greenland/
"..." Rin sat in Gabriel's arms, in the center of the large crater he made. She stared up at the wings behind his back and pointed, "... A- Are those..." she started, "... Wait... Y- You're an Angel...?" she chortled.
Gabriel froze, looking down at Rin. He took notice of the shock-look on her face, that continued to change between amazement and bewilderment. 'W- Why's she staring like that? She should be passed out!..." Gabriel lowered his eyes after coming up with a concluding. 'Unless...' "You're not Human..." Gabriel tightened his grip on Rin, before letting go of her altogether. He looked down at Rin with an icy-cold look. "Start, talking. Just what are you."
Rin was in shocked for a moment and didn't recover until she hit the icy-frozen ground that she was meant to. She slowly looked up at her classmate, who she came all this way to save, immediately seeing the dangerous look he had. The gentle, blue eyes she came to know had been replaced with an icy-heartless look that left no room for tenderest. "..." Rin whole body started to trembled and she lent back. "... S... Satan..." she murmured.
"..." Gabriel flinched, gulping.
"... S- Satan..." Rin muttered again, a bit louder, tightening her grip on her sword, "... Y- Your eyes... Th- They're just like him." Gabriel clenched his teeth, not wanting to hear how he is alike to his former older brother. "W- Why do they-"
"Sieben~... Sechs~... Fünf~... Vier~..."
The two were pulled from their stared-off when they both heard a familiar, booming voice. Rin and Gabriel draw their eyes to the new arrival that was standing on the edge of the crater with his umbrella pointed straight up at the sky in front of him. "... M- Mephisto?" Rin gawk, turning around.
"... Samael...!?" Gabriel continued.
Mephisto ignored them and continued his chant, "Eins~... Zwei~~... Drei~..." Mephisto lowered his hat, allowing it to shadowed his eyes, ".. Null."
Rin and Gabriel looked up when they noticed that the area around them was becoming darker. They watched as the plane they were just on was getting closer and closer to them. "Ahh!" Rin yep, crossing her arms above her head and looking away.
"Er Stopfen," Mephisto finished it, causing the enormous plane to stop in mid-air before it could reach the ground.
Rin continued to shiver before slowly reopening her eyes and looking up. She stared, terrified, at the falling death-trap that wasn't falling anymore. "..." She said nothing as she tried once more to figure out everything that just happened.
Meanwhile, Mephisto lowered his arm, before looking down at his family who was in the middle of the large dent in the ground. He smiled lazily as he strolled over to them, swinging her umbrella around as if he was watching through the park. "SAMAEL!" Gabriel barked, tightening his grip on his sword. Mephisto ignored the loud greeting and, instead, made his way to Rin. He didn't bother looking down at his sister as he smacked her in the back of the head with his umbrella.
"... Urr..." Gabriel tilted his head at that, 'D- Did he just...?' He watched as Rin fell backward, into Mephisto's arms like a sleeping baby.
"Uncle, P-L-E-A-S-E, hide those enormous things on your back...!" Mephisto cried, finally acknowledging the Archangel's present. He smirked at him with a sideward glance as he kneed down to catch the sleeping form of Rin. "Really, you're gonna point someone's eye out with those~."
"..." Gabriel's right eye begun to twitch and he cringed, cracking his neck.
"You don't see me showing off my tail, yet here you are~~, and before a Human, no less~?" Mephisto teased with a dirty look.
'... That Know-It-All, umbrella-twirling, STUPID...!' Gabriel was about ready to chop off the Demon's head but restrained himself when he realized that he should be thanking him for whatever the reason was. "... sigh..." Gabriel took in a deep breath and allowed his wings to retracted back into his back. Afterward, he made his sword disappeared and put his hands in his pockets, "Tsk. Thanks, Samael."
"My pleasure~!" Mephisto said with a winked as he stood back up.
"I'll keep this in mind when I report this whole episode to Heaven."
"Crying for your big brother and sister; how typical~," Mephisto sighed, turning around. Gabriel questioned what Mephisto was about to do and got his answer when the Demon King said, "Take your sister and Miss Okumura, here, with you and go."
"..." Gabriel raised a questionable eyebrow.
"Mister Okamura and Miss Kirigakure just informed the America Branch of what went on here, and thanks to Luci's surprise gift," Mephisto pointed his umbrella up, "The residents, here, will all be flocking to this exact point~," he then looked over his shoulder at the Archangel and grin, "Put that in your report when you tell Uncle Michael what happened."
"Tsk." Gabriel watched as Mephisto used his telekinesis to move the plane off to the side and gently placed it on the soft snow.
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(Present Day)
/Mephisto's Manor/
Thuther and rain continued to roar from the outside as Mephisto sat on a bean-bag chair, playing video games on his flat-screen. He was dressed in a blue yukata and had no shoes on. "Lord Samael...?" a voice from the other side of door called, "Miss Rin Okumura is here to see you, Sir!"
"Send her in, Belial!" Mephisto answered. After he said that, the door opened, reviewing Rin in wet clothing and a man in a butler suit. "That'll be all, Belial."
"As you wish, Milord," the man in the butler suit bowed, before leaving.
Once Belial left, the room became almost completely silent again. "... It's nice to see you're up and about again, but is there a particular reason why you're here this evening?" Mephisto asked as he continued to play his video game.
"... Yeah... there is..." Rin let her bangs covered her eyes as she matched over to Mephisto and swiped his game controller from his hands.
Mephisto finally looked up from his game, "Hey...! What was that fo-" Before he could finish his sentence, Rin threw Mephisto's game controller at the TV, causing a huge crack in the screen. "AHHHHHHHHH!" Mephisto stood up and ran over to it. He kneeled down and examined the damage, "L- Look what you did!? All my game data was in there?! I- I didn't even have time to save yet?!" Samael cried.
"... 'Time'? 'Time'?!" Rin repeated, "That's funny. I thought you were The King of Time?"
"Huh?" Mephisto dropped whatever happy emotion he had left and replaced it with a cold frown, "Sorry, but would you like to repeat that?" Mephisto stood up and walked over to his little sister, "Well, now?" he grabbed ahold of Rin's neck and forced her to looked up at him.
"I know..." Rin said slowly.
"Know what?" Mephisto gave her a dump-found look, taking notice of the emotionless look in her eyes. 'Well, this's a new look.'
Rin slapped Mephisto's hand away and looked down, "I KNOW GABRIEL AND URIEL ARE ANGELS AND MY UNCLE AND AUNT...!" Mephisto was startled at first but chose to say nothing as Rin grabbed him by his robe with both of her hands and lowered him to her eye-level. "But you already knew that, didn't you?!" Rin cried, "You all knew... And you played me like a complete fool!" she wept.
Mephisto's frown turned into a half smiled, and he snickered, "... Are you should you weren't just imagining things?" he snorted, "I know for a fact that the Human mines can sometimes do that."
"... 'Imagining'? 'Im-agi-ning'?!" Rin stares at him in disbelief, "How exactly do you imagine your friend sprouting three, huge, pairs of feathery wings on his back!? How exactly do you imagine your friend flying and saving you from total doom!? How E-X-A-C-T-L-Y do you imagine a pair of siblings crying and fighting with each other, in their own home, about how much they feel guilty about what they've done and have to do!?" Rin let go of Mephisto and then took a step back, letting some tears she was holding back begin to fall, "... How?... Just how?"
Mephisto remained silent, waiting for his sister to finished her emotional-melt-down.
"... Please, Mephisto..." Rin wept, "Please...! I- I don't know what is what anymore... Is it all true? About Satan being a-... And Gabriel and Uriel being my-... And you, and Amaimon, and Lucifer once being-..." Rin stopped and looked down, "... I- I- I need answers... Please."
"... sigh..." Mephisto walked over to Rin and placed one of his hands on her shoulder and the other one on Rin's left cheek, lifting her face, "... Let's finish this in the dining room, kay~?" Mephisto smiled tenderly.
"... hhh..." Rin nodded.
Mephisto sat at the head of the table, eating a sundae, while Rin sat quietly next to him on his right. The only noise that could be heard throughout the room was the sound of the grandfather clock ticking away and Mephisto tapping his fingers on the table until Rin asked, "... M- Mephisto...?"
"Hmm?" Mephisto lit up and smiled at the girl; still in soaking, wet clothes.
"... Is it all true? About you being a-... you know..." Rin looked down at her hands in her lap.
Mephisto sighed heavily, rolling his eyes as he placed his elbow on the table, "... P-L-E-A-S-E, don't remind me. I tried my best to forget about the early days of my life," he said as he put a spoon full of ice cream in his mouth.
Rin looked up at her brother, "... S- So you're telling me it's true...? About you once being a-... a-"
"An angel?" Mephisto swallowed the food in his mouth, "There's really no point in denying it now."
"B- But how...? I thought you were a Demon!"
"Well, I am now," Mephisto snapped his fingers and made a large book appeared out of thin air. He placed the book on the table and made it face Rin.
Rin squinted and read the titled on the cover of the book, "... 'Heaven, Gehenna: Angels, Demons'?"
"'Caelum, Gehennam: Angeli, Daemones'," Mephisto repeated.
"What...?" Rin turned her head back to Mephisto.
"That's what the book is called," Mephisto intertwined his fingers on the table and smiled, "This book is actually written in Latin."
Rin widened her eyes.
"Because of your dyslexia, your mind automatically translate everything you read into Latin and everything Latin you read into something you can read," Mephisto grinned, "It's sort of something that comes with being Satan's mix-blooded child. Of course, Father's blood isn't the only blood running through your veins," Mephisto snapped his finger, making the large, thick book opened itself and turn to a page.
"Whoa...!" Rin leaned back as she watched the pages in the book turned itself. After a short second, the book stopped at a page with a beautiful colored-drawing of a battle between Angels and Demons that covered the whole two pages.
"In order to make this understandable for you, I need to start from the very beginning. All the way back to the day the first household was given their jobs and tilted and how Lucifer, Amaimon, and I were created."
Rin gulped, staring at Mephisto with an intense look.
Mephisto took in a deep breath and hesitated for a moment, before saying, "... Long... long... long, long, long, long, looonnnnggggg time ago, God created his Holy Warriors; the Angels," Mephisto groaned as he says the last word, "Just like Him, they were beings made of pure light and goodness. But among their ranks, there was one Angel that was made of something other than light... Instead, he was created from holy flames."
Rin lowered her eyes, "Satan."
Mephisto nodded, "Correct. But at the time, he was known by another name... Lucifer."
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/Twilight Cathedral/
Gabriel walked through the cathedral, with his hands in his pocket and his mine somewhere else. He didn't care that he wasn't supposed to be there or that there were security cameras and guards in the building. Instead of worrying, Gabriel just continued looking at the ground in front of him as he walked.
"Hey, kid, how did you get in here...!?" a guard called, running toward Gabriel. When he was next to the Archangel, the guard tried stopping Gabriel by grabbing onto his shoulder, "Kid, can't you hear me...!? The cathedral's close! I shouldn't be telling-" When the guard turned Gabriel's body to faced him, his eyes ended up locking with his.
"Forget I was ever here," Gabriel said bluntly.
The man stared deeply into Gabriel's blue eyes, becoming lost in it. "... So... So beautiful..."
Gabriel slapped the man's hand from him and then gave him a gentle shoved. He watched as the man fell backward with a huge grin on his face. "... Why is it working now..." he asked himself, looking at the look in the guard's eyes, '... This didn't happen to Rin... She didn't look at me like this man did. So why?'
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After Gabriel was done with the security guard, he continued his walk through the cathedral until he came to a certain hallway filled with paintings. He took his time looking through all of them until he stopped at a particular one. The paintings showed the end of the battle in Heaven when Lucifer and his army was pushed out of Heaven and into the darkness.
"..." Gabriel took a step forward and placed his hand in the bottom-left corner of the painting, where Lucifer's army was. "... Lucifer... Just why... why couldn't you just excepted things for how it was...?!" he pressed his fingers harder on the painting and looked down, "... Brother..."
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/Back With Mephisto/
Rin continued to sit in the dining room, listening to Mephisto's story.
"God separated His Angels by the wings on their backs and made it so that the ones with the most wings were the ones to lead all the rest," Mephisto put another spoon full of ice cream into his mouth, "This may come as a surprise to you but every Angel have their own pair or pairs of wings that help identifies them from the rest of their kind. Think of the wings on an Angel's back sort of like another form of fingerprint ID..." Mephisto removed the spoon from his mouth, "Anyway, some Angels have the exact same feathers on their wings so when that happens, those group of Angel became known as a family of some sort."
Rin tightened her fist, "So you're telling me that Satan... or Lucifer... have the exact same feathers as Gabriel and Uriel?"
"Umm, correct, again," Mephisto nodded, "It isn't just those three; five other Angels also possessed the same ones. And among those eight Angels, seven became known as the Archangels, the Supreme Angels." After finishing his sundae, Mephisto made the glass and spoon disappeared, before getting out of his seat and walking over to Rin. He placed a hand on the back of her chair and used his other one to lent forward and flipped the page in the book to the right.
Rin saw that the picture now reviewed some sort of meeting with one Angel standing before all the rest.
"Back then, Father didn't approve of Humans and what God had asked of him so he led a rebellion with some Angels that shared his view on things. Of course, Lucifer Jr. was the first to enlist for our father's cause. And with him came Egyn, the lost puppy that follows Big Brother around w~h~e~r~e~v~e~r he goes," Mephisto groaned in disgust, "But those two weren't the only ones. I, too, stayed by Father's side, along with most of my brothers."
"But why...!" Rin snapped her head around, "Satan's evil and I bet he only saw you all as tools!" she felt like crying again, "... W- Why would you... I don't understand why-"
"It's because he's our father, Young One," Mephisto removed his hand from Rin's chair and, instead, stood next to her. He reached his hand over to Rin's, "Like any good boy or girl that aimed to please their parents, trying desperately to get them to say "that's my boy~!", we thought that by becoming his generals, Father would praise us and finally knowledge us as his true children... Unfortunately, so," Mephisto sighed sadly, "... Not only did we failed in our quest to win the War; we were also thrown into the fire of Gehenna... As you may guess by the name, Hell isn't a very nice place to live. And as the Ruler of Hell's children, Father was exceptionally hard on us, compared to everyone else that fell with him," Mephisto's eyes darkened and he tightened his gripped on Rin's hand.
Rin flinched, but ignored the pain, "So how did you ended up with the Order?"
"... Huh?" Mephisto raised a questionable eyebrow, leaning in.
At this point, Mephisto was about a few inches away from Rin's face. Rin sweated at that, "You said you were once an Angel, but then you got kicked out... So how did you ended up here, working for the Knights?"
Mephisto leaned back, looking down at the book and sighing, "... Let's just said one of my brothers talk me into it."
"Amaimon?" Rin guessed.
"... Excuse me?!" Mephisto laughed, looking back down at Rin, "You think that Amaimon..." he trailed off, trying to suppress his laugh, "Ha! As if!"
"Then who? Have I met him yet?"
Mephisto stopped laughing and smiled, staring down at Rin's innocence face. "No... Not exactly. The brother you're referring to is none other than Azazel?"
"... U-zA-sol..." Rin mumbled, looking down, 'Why does that name sound so familiar...?'
"Unlike the rest of us, he was smart enough not to care for our father's opinion on certain... things," Mephisto sighed happily, "Because whether than choosing Father's side in the Great War, he sided with Uncle Michael... for the most part..."
"So he's still an Angel?" Rin looked up.
"No. He lost his wings ages ago."
"To who?"
"To our wise and noble aunt," Mephisto groaned.
"Lord Samael...!" Belial knocked and called through the door.
"... Yes, Belial?" Mephisto called back. Both Rin and he looked at the double door.
"There's someone in front of the manor, saying that he demands an audience with you."
"So what? Send him away! Tell whoever-he-is I'm busy with work!"
"Very well, but he also told me to tell you that if you refused, I should tell you that 'Your uncle wants a word with you'"
"... 'U- Uncle'...?" Rin furrowed her brow before widening it, '... Wait, is he talking about Gabriel...?'
"... Very well then," Mephisto sighed, straightening his back, "Tell our guest that I'll meet with him shortly." Once the sound of Belial's footstep had softened to the point that no-one could hear him, Mephisto looked back down at Rin. "Sorry, but as much as I would like to continue our little chit-chat down memory lane, I have a very rude uncle to amused," Mephisto rolled his eyes, as he walked over to the door.
"Wait...!" Rin cried, getting up, "You can't go! There're still things I wanna know!"
"Again, sorry, but I don't have the time to answer all of your-" before his hand could touch the doorknob, Rin interrupted him.
"You're The King of Time and Space. Can't you make some?... Just like that time."
Mephisto looked over at his cheeky little sister with a lazy smiled, "... Very well... What is it that you wish to know?"
"The trust," Rin regained the fire in her eyes, "Will Gabriel and Uriel kill me once they find out I'm Satan's bastard?"
"Most certainly," Mephisto removed his hand from the door and turned around, "That's why you have to wear those things I gave you at all times."
"What...?" Rin squinted, subconsciously touching the pendant around her neck, "You mean this? Does it hold some sort of power?"
"Yes, it does. To put it shortly, what you're wearing is an Angel's Heart. The power it holds is on par with the power of a Demon's heart... *giggle*... matter of a fact, that's what it is. It's mine and Amaimon's hearts," Mephisto covered his mouth with his hand, "... Well, one-fourth of it, at least."
"Wait... WHAT?!" Rin removed her hand and gawk.
"You heard me. Anyway, unlike the heart of a Demon, an Angel's heart has the power to seal - or cloak - a Demon's power. Sort of like cleansing them of evil."
"..." Rin widened her eyes, "... But I don't feel different?"
Mephisto chuckled, "That's kind of the point," he then lowered his eyes, "So is that all, or do you have more?"
"Just one..."
"Ohh? And what would that be?"
"... Why are you helping me?" Rin asked, holding herself.
"Hmm?" Mephisto raised an eyebrow, "Well that's a rude thing to ask! Isn't it obvious? It's because I'm your big brother."
"But none of you ever acted like one before," Rin made a confused face.
Mephisto rolled his eyes and crossed his arms, "Look, I get it if none of us has been Brother-of-the-Year, but we're still family down to it. And like most families, we drive each other completely insane, yet we're still here for one other when we really need it. It's called family bonds, dear sister," Mephisto waged his finger at Rin, "And don't you forget it~."
"..." Rin blushed, not knowing what to say anymore.
"If that's all, then you must excuse me," Mephisto reopened the door and took a step outside, "You are free to spend the night here if you like, but I wouldn't recommend letting Amaimon house-sit for too long. He tends to get... jumpy when he run out of sweets to eat."
Once he was gone and his footstep could no longer be heard Rin smile.
/Family Room/
Gabriel sat on a designer couch, in front of a coffee table, in the middle of a large room. "Sorry for making you wait, My Dear Uncle~!" Mephisto greeted, walking down the stairs.
Gabriel looked over his shoulder, not amused, in the least, "You're late, Samael."
"'Late'? How can I be late when you were the one to drop in unexpected?" Mephisto walked over to the couch across from Gabriel and took a seat. He reached for the teapot and teacup on the coffee table, "Care for some? I know it's late and all, but I have some imported sweets from France that's just waiting in the frig-"
"Cut the small talk, Samael," Gabriel interrupted, "You should know I would never just waltz in here unless I needed something from you."
"But of course~~," Mephisto brought his cup to his lip, "So, what can I do for you, Uncle?"
Gabriel narrowed his eyes at the mention of that name, "... I'm here to figure out what exactly Rin Okumura is. What is she?"
Mephisto raised an amused eyebrow, removing the cup from his lips and closing his eyes, "Well~~, she's a fairly attractive young woman who's aiming to become an Exorcist, if that's what you're asking. But unfortunately for you," Mephisto set his cup on the table and opened his eyes, "She's already taken," he pouted.
Gabriel clenched his teeth, trying to suppress his rage, 'Why the Hell does everyone think that?!' "... That's. Not. What. I. Meant... Just answer me this: is Rin or is Rin NOT your father's kid?"
"She isn't," Mephisto took on a serious expression.
"Do you have any proof?" Gabriel crossed his arms.
"I don't, but you can always use that really annoying power of yours to get the truth out of me," Mephisto offered a hand, gesturing Gabriel to take the stage.
"Good idea, I think I'll take you up on your offer," Gabriel got his right hand into position, "Is Rin Okumura Satan's ninth child?" he snapped his finger.
To his surprise, Mephisto didn't even flinch. Instead, he picked up his cup again and took another sip. "I said is Rin Okumura Satan's ninth child!" Gabriel snapped his finger again.
"... Are you done yet, because my offer for the French sweets is disappearing?" Mephisto smiled teasingly.
'Why isn't it working?!' Gabriel then narrowed his eyes, "Okay, just what kind of trick are you pulling this time?!" he demanded to know.
"What trick? All I'm doing is trying to be a good host," Mephisto grinned, "It's not my fault you don't appreciate my hostility."
"That's not what I'm asking! Tell me, damn it, why isn't my power working!?"
"Hmmm~~, probably because this time it's different," Mephisto placed his teacup back on the coffee table, "Unlike before, it isn't two against one, and you're in my house."
"You don't honestly think I wouldn't put up defenses against Demons, as well as Angels, in my own home, now do you~?" Mephisto raised an eyebrow.
"..." Gabriel started to sweat, "This just adds to the fact you're hiding something."
"Or it could be that I just like my home Angel free," Mephisto smiled lazily, tilting his head to one side, "Believe me or not, either way, the fact of the matter is that if you were to go and asked Okumura that very same question, I don't have a doubt in my mind her answer would be no."
Gabriel narrowed his eyes, 'He's up to something.'
"Oh, don't give me that look, Gabriel...! It's not like I want to do anything to you even if I could," Mephisto rolled his eyes, "As I said before, we're family. Not to mention that we share a common goal. We both want Satan dead."
"Give me a break! You don't honestly believe anyone actually buying the crap you're sprouting!?" Gabriel stood up.
"... No, but I expert for you, of all people, to understand my feels on this one, given our close relationship to Lucifer," Mephisto looked over at the fireplace to his left. A sad frown replaced the amused, lazy grin he had on just a moment ago. "... Believe me when I tell you that I hate Satan just as much as you do if not, ten thousand times more..."
"..." Gabriel flinched, taking notice of the soulful look on his nephew's face.
"... That man may have taught you a few things here and there, only so he can turn his back to you and the rest of your siblings, but never, ever forget that where he may be your older brother, Lucifer is also the only father I ever have..." Mephisto looked back up at his uncle, "... He created me and the rest of my siblings, tossed us away as if we were least than trash shortly after our birth, cost us to fall from Grace by telling us he'll be proud of us if we follow him, and made us live through countless of eons in Hell. HELL!" Samael shouted; casting a mad, psychotic look in his eyes.
"..." Gabriel fell back into his seat, feeling more than a little bit sorry for Samael.
"But all-and-all, no, I don't hate him for even a single one of those things..." Mephisto took another sip of his tea, regaining his composure, "I knew what I was getting myself into by siding with him. As for the whole birth thing, well~~, that was to be expected. After all, Father only created us for a single purpose."
Gabriel widened his eyes a little bit and mumbled, "Then why do you hate-"
"It's because of what I found out ten thousand years ago," Mephisto took on a darker expression, "That man... he took something away from us. Something away from me. Something that he knew we all care very much for... And do you know what he told us once he found out just how we felt about her?"
Gabriel lowered his head, knowing exactly who Samael was talking about. Because there was only one person that the Ba'al ever cherished enough for, to make some of them turned their backs on the one that created them.
"He told us he'll make us a new toy. A new TOY!" Mephisto pressed his fingers on the edge of his cup, causing it to shatter, "The nerve...! Just who does he think he was anyway!?..." Mephisto took in deep breaths to calm himself, before saying, "... I want that man dead. To suffer something far greater than living through Hell for eternity... And as for Lucifer Jr~~" Mephisto took on a grave expression that made the one he had before seems like nothing, "... I think I'll deal with that back-stabbing tracker myself."
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/Mephisto's Room/
Rin walked over to the bed, still holding onto the book Mephisto left for her. She climbed onto it and took noticed of all that was around her. To the Hello-Kitty alarm clock on top of a shelf, to the dozens of dozens of anime-theme pillows behind her, all the way to the sweet scent that fills the room.
She rested her head on a body pillow and smiled softly, 'I guess my family isn't that bad.' Rin closed her eyes, taking in the sweet scent that lingers in the air, '... Maybe I should start being a little bit nicer to them... just a little bit, those.'
Little did she knew, as Rin drifted away into her sleep, the gem on her bracelets was now a bright, white pearl.
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To Be Continue...
Words Count: 7,495
Publish - Jan. 2, 2019
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HAPPY NEW YEARS!
I wanted to post this on Monday, New Year's Eve, but I was busy with work. Anyhow, that's the last chapter in the arc. The next chapter is a recap and after that, we'll begin with the next arc. (Don't worry, they'll be posted on the same day)
By the way, in case none of you have realized yet, the title of every chapter is a word pulled from the chapter, itself. I wonder if any of you have noticed yet. ;)
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