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Winter's POV

"What?"

I narrow my gaze at him. "I'm not going." I repeat, crossing my arms.

"Not going? Yes you are, Winter." He says to me slowly as the temperature in the room heats up until a bead of sweat rolls down my back.

"Why? Why can't I stay? I've been encountering demons for as long as I can remember and you've never shown up before! Maggie and I were scrounging for damn money almost every day of the damn year but you never decided to show yourself then, either. Why the hell should it matter now?" I ask, a sudden rage burning through me.

"IT MATTERS NOW BECAUSE YOUR POWERS HAVE AWAKENED!" he bellows, shaking the room with his voice. "You are now in potential danger all because your aunt wanted you to go to that retched True Cross Academy! Demons all over are talking about how you can communicate with them. And now that your powers have awakened you need to learn how to control them which you cannot be taught by anyone else but people in Heaven. You have to understand, Winter, that keeping you here was extraordinarily hard and I will not do it much longer."

I shake my head at him. "I'm not going back."

An unexpected voice jumps in. "Oh come on, old man. I'll keep my demons in check. Yeah, she'll probably get a few scratches here or there but who the fuck doesn't?" Satan cackles. "And I know who can train her." He says and I turn my gaze to him. He snickers. "Rin."

I whip my eyes to Rin and he looks as stunned as I feel. He looks back at me and shrugs his shoulders. "See? Rin can train me." I say and turn back to my 'father'.

"I will not have it." He finally says and I feel my face drop. "I will NOT have the devil's child to train my daughter. You all must be insane if you believe I will. Perish the thought."

"If you make me go back now," I start, my whole body shaking with not only fear but rage as well. "I won't ever forgive you. And yes, you may think that you can handle being shunned and hated but trust me, when it's someone close to you who you love, it hurts. It hurts a whole lot. Especially if the person who hates you is your one and only daughter. So, fine. Take me back to the Hell you call Heaven but I promise you every single minute of every single day I will do nothing but try and come back. Come back to my real home."

"Oh I think she's got you there, old man. Welp, this shitty vessel is at its limit right now so I think I'm gonna head on out back to where I fucking crawled from. Ciao." Yells Satan before the man he was communicating from jumps out the window.

It was just me, Rin, and God now. I sat there, watching my 'father' as he glared at me murderously. He was rubbing his ridiculously long beard when he finally sighed. "Fine." He says. "But I will not assist you in any way. You may be my daughter but please do not think of me as your father any longer. If you die, I will not stop it. If you are injured I will not heal the wound. You are as if you were an ordinary human. I will check in with you but only to see how your training is coming along. You may stay on this earth but, trust me, Winter, you will do it on your own. Goodbye."

Stunned into silence, I turn to Rin. He gazed down at me solemnly and opens his mouth to say something.

"WINTER!" Shiemi's voice rings throughout the small room and she's suddenly beside me, tears in her eyes. "I-I'm so sorry! I didn't think! Winter-!"

"Didn't think is right." Rin's cold voice fills the room, startling both me and Shiemi. He had moved to the wall directly across from my bed and was giving off a dark aura that didn't fit him at all. "You not only put yourself in danger, Shiemi, but Winter's safety at risk. She could have died. Or been crippled forever. What then? You give an apology? You-"

"Rin," My voice was ice as it sliced through the room. Shiemi had tears running down her face now and her body was wracking with sobs, trying to hold them in. "Rin, it wasn't Shiemi's fault. You know that-"

"I'M SO SORRY, WINTER!" Shimei yells before running out of the room.

I hop out of the firm hospital bed and cringe as a shooting pain laces up my arm. The needle. It was still in my arm. "Shit!" I yell as it yanks at me, urging me not to move anymore. Which wasn't very hard considering that it was now two inches from its original position. My vision goes blurry and I sway in the air. Instantly, I feel Rin's hands, steadying me. "No, Rin." I say groggily. "You have to go apologize to Shiemi. It….it wasn't her fault."

"Doctor! Doctor!" Rin screams, holding my now limp body in his lap. My vision becomes hazy and the room suddenly becomes bright as multiple pairs of feet march into the room.

I tug at Rin, trying to get him to look at me. He complies and gazes down at me. "Apologize to Shiemi. It wasn't her fault. Make sure she knows it, too. Or else when I wake up again I'll beat your ass." I say humorlessly, faking a snicker. Which is ruined when a scream erupts from my mouth as the needle drags further down my arm. "Promise, Rin. Then…we're good." I gasp as a doctor tries to lift me out of Rin's arms. "Promise." I whisper stubbornly.

Rin sighs in defeat and gives me a sad smile. "Okay. I promise." He says and that was all I needed.

I smile gratefully and finally allow my eyes to droop shut until everything quiets and goes black.

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