Author Note: I do not own Ao No Exorcist.
Now on to Chapter 10! (Oh my gosh! I never thought I would write a story 10 chapters long! And on my first story too!)
"Let them go, girly man." Rin growled, blue flames flickering dangerously.
"….Did you just call me girly?" Azazel asked, dark aura flickering.
"Yeah. Whaddya gonna do about it?" Rin smirked, lowering his stance.
"You have spunk, Younger brother. But your mouth is writing checks your body cannot pay!" Azazel roared, lunging at Rin faster than he could register.
Rin barely managed to parry the first hit, but the subsequent hits landed. Rin heard a few cracks from his ribs.
'Great, feels like, one… wait. Two ribs gone.'
Rin snarled, his flames growing brighter as they healed his ribs.
"Heh! Not too shabby. But it will take more than that to keep me down!"
"I guess I shouldn't underestimate the power of Father's blue flames. But yours are weak compared to his. The quality of these flames is around that of a sneeze from father." Azazel remarked casually, inspecting some residual flame.
A guffaw was heard from the altar.
"Wow, Okumura! A sneeze? You gotta work on that then!" Shima snorted out, only to receive an elbow from Izumo.
"is that wise, distracting Okumura while he's facing one of the 8 demon kings?" she hissed.
But Rin had heard Shima, and the damage was done. A swift uppercut from Azazel sent Rin flying across the chapel, until he hit the pulpit, several feet from the altar.
"Rin!" Yukio cried, straining against the rope.
Meanwhile, back at True Cross Acadamy
"Oy, Mephisto! Have ya seen Rin anywhere? I can't find 'im." Shura called, as she burst into his office.
"Oh my… It seems he may have snuck out after his brother~!" Mephisto sing-songed, twirling his pen like a magical girl's wand.
"WHAT?! He was supposed to train with me! Pesky brat! Well, I guess I gotta go get 'im if I am ta train 'im…" She muttered, stalking out of the room.
"Finally she's gone! Back to my anime~!" Mephisto sang, hitting play.
At that moment, Shura popped her head back in.
"Oy, Mephisto, I forgot to ask, where was tha' mission again?" She asked.
"….are you watching Sailor Moon?" she asked
"gut, das ist peinlich ... Possibly…." He muttered.
"BAHAHAHAH! I 'ad a feeling ya'd like magical girls!" She guffawed, smacking him on the back (much to his displeasure)
"The mission is at a chapel to the north of town, a bit outside the city limits. NOW GO." Mephisto snarled, shoving her out the door.
"whateva ya say, Tuxedo Mask~!" she jabbed, prancing down the hall.
"One of these days, I am going to have to do something about her…" Mephisto muttered under his breath.
Back at the Chapel
Yukio was worried.
Rin still hadn't moved after the uppercut from Azazel.
'a blow that hard would snap a normal person's neck… I hope nii-san is okay…' he furrowed his brow.
A dark bruise was already forming on Rin's chin, swelling slightly.
Shiemi was quietly crying behind Yukio.
"Yuki… is he going to be okay?" she sobbed.
"He was so sick, and now he's being beaten by a demon… and we can't do anything to help."
A low groan came from Rin.
"Owowowow! I think he knocked a tooth loose…" Rin muttered, spitting out one of his fangs.
"SHIT. I LOST A TOOTH!" he cried, probing the gap with his tounge. But even as he probed the gap, a new fang started to poke through the gum.
"Well, Rin, I guess you don't have to worry about being toothless when you get old!" Shima called jokingly.
"Anyone want a demon tooth necklace? I hear they are very fashionable right now!" Rin called back.
"I think I will pass…" the rest of the cram school muttered.
Rin struggled to his feet, tossing the fang aside.
"That hurt, bastard!" Rin shouted at Azazel, who was currently playing with his spirit fires.
"Hmmm…. You truly are weak, aren't you? That was a playful tap!" Azazel taunted.
"well, then so is this!" Rin roared, slamming his fist into Azazel's diaphragm.
"shouldn't have done that!" Azazel screamed, his hair fanning about him like waves.
The lights in the chapel started flickering, and the wind blew the doors open.
Azazel's eyes seemed to draw the remaining light in, and the room darkened. The candles dimmed, leaving light in the corners of the chapel, and rendering the center of the room where Rin and Azazel were pitch black, the only thing the cram school students and Yukio could see were the slightly glowing eyes of Azazel, and Rin's fire horns and the tip of his tail, burning blue in the darkness. A slight shimmer of blue was seen where they assumed Rin's eyes would be.
"Let's continue this fight on MY terms, little brother." Azazel sneered.
To be continued
A/N: wow, I kinda don't know where to go from there. I hope it turned out okay.
I have a feeling that Mephisto would like watching Sailor Moon. He strikes me as a magical girl fan.
Sorry about the wait, though. I have been buisy applying for college and working. I was kicked out of my first college due to my grades. (I passed English, though!) I hope you can forgive the long waits, my muse keeps running off, or gets distracted. (you can read the results of the muse getting distracted. It is a one shot called Playing Blind. It is a Soul Eater fic. [shameless advertising, I know…])