:D In this chapter, you see the realtionship with Amaimon and Hikaru. You also get to see some Mephisto and Rin arguments.
Songs: "Secrets" by OneRepublic
"Save Yourself" by My Darkest Days
"Monster" by Skillet
"Hero" by Skillet
Hikaru walked with her uncle through True Cross city. She watched as he looked around the city, peering into most of the windows with the wonderment of a child.
"Japan is fascinating me more and more," he whispered as he looked into a shop meant for teenage girls' clothes.
"Yeah?" Hikaru asked with an eyebrow raised. She knew her uncle was strange like this all the time, but it still floored her.
"We should go in there one time. I could get you a new wardrobe."
"What's wrong with what I wear?" Hikaru asked indignitly.
Amaimon looked to Hikaru, taking in the black jacket against the royal blue spaghetti strap. The royal blue hugged her large bust, her womanly curves, and rested over the waistband of her dark, faded, boot-cut jeans.
Amaimon shook his head. "Nothing, Hikaru."
Hikaru sighed. "So where is this place with the sweet and spicy chicken?"
Amaimon heard her stomach growl again, making him frown a little. He nodded his head toward the direction. "This way."
Hikaru walked with her uncle. She turned to him as he described the places he's been to. She smiled, thinking of the time she might be able to go when she's a little older. Perhaps then, Hikaru would be able to leave True Cross Academy campus grounds without her father nearly having a heart attack in the process, or giving her a lecture of why she shouldn't leave for that matter.
Amaimon looked toward Hikaru, already seeing what she was to become. That gold hair turning to a brighter shade of blonde. The natural volume of her hair would increase just a little. The natural wave and curl would intesify. Her cerulean eyes turning to a brighter blue. A blue like the Night of the Blue Flames, like his younger half brother, Rin's flames. Hikaru's sweet look in her eyes would become more seductive and lustful, making even the most hardened men fall to her knees and beg to take their souls as tribute to Satan. This girl would become the Temptress of Hell alright.
"I think Big Brother should let you out more," Amaimon said as he watched Hikaru eat her sweet and spicy chicken.
"Yeah, me too," she said as she looked to her food. "It would give me a break from Rin." Her voice deepened into an annoyed tone when she mentioned Rin's name.
"Rin Okumura?"
Hikaru nodded. "He's one of my roommates Dad forced me to room with when he kicked me from my room in his house."
Amaimon smirked a little, knowing that her having to share living quarters with Rin would just escalate things faster. Mephisto must've known this would happen. Amaimon knew his brother would take all outcomes in thought before making a wager, decision, or action. Mephisto was good for that.
"Interesting," Amaimon commented as he sat back in the seat he was seated in. I'll have to talk to Big Brother about telling you what you truly are, Hikaru, Amaimon thought after taking in her Temptress form once again before returning the vision to normal.
"Mephisto!" Rin called as he burst in the office of his guardian after his argument with Yukio ended with Yukio having to leave on an assignment.
Mephisto smiled from behind his desk, seeing Rin walk up with a fierce determination that he's rarely seen in humans. But, Rin wasn't a full human. The tail, pointed ears and teeth were a clear give away to what the other half of Rin Okumura was.
"Why hello, Rin," Mephisto said in his usual, cheerful voice. "What brings you in here?"
"What the hell is up with Hikaru?"
Mephisto knew what this was about, but decided to play dumb. "I've no idea what you mean."
"Like hell you don't!" Rin slammed his hand on the worn wood of Mephisto's desk in frustration of Mephisto's words.
Mephisto held back the laugh. "What is this about?"
"Hikaru. You know, your daughter!"
Mephisto nodded upwards once. "Ah, my sweet Hika. What about her?"
"What's her deal?"
"Is it about her being anti-social? I thought the exorcism school would help with that."
"I am not talking about that," Rin growled, knowing Mephisto was beating around the bush on purpose. He loved to screw with people for the hell of it.
"Then what?"
"Why does she act like me?"
Mephisto smirked inwardly. So she was saying her song, he thought with amusement. He's always called Hikaru's mantra of 'I'm not a monster' a song. There was really no other way he could describe it.
"What did she do? Flame up like you?"
"No."
"Unsheath your demon sword and ended up with the same features?"
"No." Rin was beginning to get annoyed with this game Mephisto was playing.
"Then what?"
"Why does she say 'I'm not a monster' when there is nothing monstrous about her?"
Mephisto smirked, thinking, knew it. "She's been out of any type of public schooling since her fourth year in elementary school, having home-schooled herself everything she knew. She was expelled for fighting,having put a few boys in the hospital. I suppose that's where she put the thought in her head that she was one."
"But she isn't."
"So you see it too."
"See what?"
Mephisto debated within himself, knowing he already told the other, much more mature Okumura what was so special about Hikaru. Though, Mephisto doubted Rin would understand what was going on with Hikaru. She wouldn't have blue flames, she wouldn't have a tail, but the other features she might have if she was realized.
"You'll see it when the time comes. Now, I think you're late for cram school."
"Whatever, just ignore the question," Rin said as he turned around and headed back to the door.
Mephisto watched Rin leave, knowing his tail was tucked under his school uniform. Another thought came into his mind. "Oh, Rin," he called just before Rin opened the door.
Rin stopped, his hand on the door knob, halfway turned. He turned to Mephisto, seeing that purple hair once again. "What, you damn clown?"
Mephisto smirked, narrowing his eyes toward Rin at the name. "Careful little brother, I am still stronger than you."
Rin visibly shivered at the thought of Rin being related to Mephisto. "What did you want to tell me already?"
Mephisto looked to Rin, narrowing his eyes as if warning him. "Always remember: what she is, is in the eye of the beholder."
"Yeah," Rin said sharply, "what's that supposed to mean?"
"If you see my sweet Hika as a monster, than she is one to you."
Rin turned back to the door thinking, she's not a monster, that's for sure.
