"You saw right through me Samuel."
"Okumura wouldn't bring this destruction by his own will," Mephisto said.
"Leave... Rin alone..." Yukio panted, Bon trying to support the exorcist as he struggled. Satan cackled, contorting Rin's face and pointing a clawed finger at Yukio.
"This is what happens when you defy me." Shura looked at Yukio.
"What did you do?"
"He conspired with his twin to try and overthrow me. I couldn't let that happen. I haven't finished my work yet. He did speed along my plans though," he gestured to the overflowing gate, demons seeping into Assiah as the Knights of the true cross tried to keep their numbers down. One by one they fell, overpowered by the demons, their weapons clacking to the floor like the second hand of a clock, counting down the end of Assiah. Satan pointed the blade at Yukio. "They thought they could trick my into possessing the younger twin, the one who had escaped my grasp before, and use him to defeat me. To trap my soul within him. So I beat the boy and sent him as my prophet, a messenger of what was to come. Using this one has it perks, the younger too afraid to hurt his brother to attack me, that one has no flame to destroy my gateway, and I add his own powers to mine. It's simply perfect."
"Nii-san," Yukio whispered, pulling a gun from his jacket and pulling away from Bon. He pointed the dark barrel at his brother, wincing from the physical and emotional pain.
"Put the gun down you chicken shit," Satan mocked. Yukio took it and pointed it at his own head.
"I'm not afraid to do this." He said. His tone serious. His eyes flickered as the butt of a sword knocked bludgeoned him on the head and he fell forward, Shura catching him with watery eyes.
"I'm not losing you again Yukio," Shura whispered in his ear even though he was unconscious.
"How many times do we have to kick you out of Assiah demon!" Arthur called from the roof, his sword drawn threateningly. "Zodiac slash," he hissed, flashing in a bolt of gold towards Satan. Their swords clashed as he reappeared, Satan wielding Rin's kurikara slipped and Arthur's blade cut his hand. Satan threw out a punch with the bloodied hand, taking Arthur off guard by fighting dirty.
"Ms Shura!" Izumo shrieked, running towards her and Yukio. Shura was watching the fight intently.
"What do we do?" Shiemi asked.
"I don't know!" Shura yelled.
"We have to get Satan out of here," Bon said, his dark eyes on the younger brother. "You shouldn't have stopped him."
"We aren't killing Rin," she snapped. "And this dumbass isn't killing himself to get Rin's attention."
"What?" Koneko asked.
"He was trying to trigger an emotional response in Rin's soul. Something to bring him back from possession so he could have a chance to break free. I'm not letting either of these bastards die on my hands."
"We need to get rid of Satan without hurting Rin." Koneko theorized. "How?" Shura scowled in the direction of the paladin and Gehenna lord fighting.
"I don't know."
"We can't shoot him or burn him," Bon said, knowing those options would get rid of both Satan and Rin.
"Maybe we could burn him," Shima said.
"No we can't," Bon said. "Are you stupid?" Shima rolled his eyes.
"I think Yamantaka and I could do this."
"Yamantaka?" The exwires said in unison.
"I have a demon familiar." Bon and Koneko stared at him.
"The hell Shima?!" Bon said. Shura threw her hand over his mouth, knowing now is not the time to be having childish arguments.
"What if we could keep Satan from leaving Rin?" Koneko said.
"Why would we do that?" Shima asked.
"Yamantaka is a black flame demon, it burns the soul without harming the host. If we could trap Satan in Rin's body so he couldn't run when we attacked, maybe we could actually defeat him."
"It takes a hell of a lot of willpower just to return from possession, much less reverse it," Shura said. Who knows, that kid has surprised us all a lot. She thought.
"How do we get him snapped out of it?" Izumo asked.
"Moriyama!" Bon yelled. Shura spun around, noticing she was approaching Satan and Arthur's duel. Damn I'm a bad babysitter. Shiemi ran right at Rin, his blade nicking her side and the blood staining her shirt. She put her arms around Rin, the blood leaking onto his own shirt.
"Please come back Rin," she whispered in his ear. She pulled back, looking at his contorted pupils. She put her hands on each side of his face and pulled him closer, her pale face wincing as the movement pulled her wound. Her face was illuminated blue, the light reflecting off her skin from satan's flame but her cheeks burned pink. She kissed him, her green eyes closed as her lips pressed against his. She pulled away and saw his round blue pupils. "Don't let him out Rin." She said, her face fierce like no one had ever seen before.
"Yamantaka!" Shima yelled, holding K'rik firmly in his hand from across the roof. Black seeped out from his feet, exploding around him.
"Holy fuck," Shura said. Shima's face was dark as the black took form behind him.
"Burn bastard," he said, the black form racing towards Rin. Rin's body was encased in shadowy flame, enveloping even the brightest blue flames burning on his demonic form. The roof was lit in black and white, the dark flame casting deep contrast on the kids' faces. Shima fell to his knee, struggling to maintain the intensity of his familiar's attack. Yukio stirred, his eyes focusing on the glowing black form. He didn't have his glasses, so he couldn't really see very well. Honestly, he knew even if he'd tried to shoot Rin, the emotional stress of trying to kill his brother coupled with his lack of glasses likely would've made him miss his target. A feral shriek came from the center of the mass, but Shima didn't falter his attack. He was now to the point of using K'rik to hold himself up.
"Shima!" Bon yelled, his friend's face pale to the extreme. K'rik clattered to the ground as Shima kept himself from head bashing the ground. The black flame surrounding Rin dissipated. Kurikara fell from his limp hand, the blade dull as it clanked on the ground. Rin fell to his knees, face smacking the pavement yet still remaining unconscious.
"Nii-san!" Yukio yelled, pulling himself up from the ground, his abused body protesting with every movement.
"Yukio," Shura warned, but he pushed her backwards, knocking her on her butt. "Oy!" She yelled at his back. Yukio took Rin's shoulders and clutched him in a hug. Rin's head hung back limply, his hair swaying in the breeze. Yukio fell to his knees, his brother falling to his lap. Blood seeped from Yukio's wounds as he cried over his brother. He placed both hands on either side of his brother's pale face.
"Kurikara's drawn, why isn't he burning?" He heard Izumo ask. She didn't mean to make things worse, but knowing that fact just made Yukio's heart fall further. Had he lost his brother along with Satan? Did Shima's plan not work? Was he really gone...
"Oy!" Shura said from above them, putting her foot on Rin's chest. "You left once ya ain't doing it again brat." She took him by the shirt and pulled him up to her, closing her eyes she began chanting. Her body glowed a pinky red and a snake slithered out of her chest seal, stretching so that it could reach Rin and entered his body.
"What.. are you doing?" Yukio mumbled from below her. A few moments later the snake writhed out of Rin's foot and crawled back to Shura, reentering her body. She dropped Rin back on Yukio. "He's.. warm." Rin's skin continued to warm, heating to the point where it burned Yukio's hand where it made contact. "Huh?" The heat turned to light and he began glowing his normal blue aura, Kurikara coming to life a few feet away from him.
"You still get to teach this idiot to be an exorcist," Shura said smiling as Rin's ocean blue eyes opened to look at his marred brother.
"Yukio?"
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