(In the middle of the ocean)
There was an old fashioned, wooden pirate ship in the middle of the open ocean, with black and torn sails and a crew of what appeared to be demons. After a few days out in their voyage, a smaller boat of demons pulled up next to the larger ship and the demons on the smaller of the two came aboard the larger. One of these demons had a satchel in his hands. That same demon then ran inside the ship and into a room with a figure sitting at a large table, but their chair was turned the other way, hiding their face.
"Your majesty." The demon said before bowing down. "We found it."
The figure spun their seat around to face the demon, upon which the figure was revealed to be Egyn. "Let me see it."
The demon then got up from his bow and slowly walked over to set the bag down on the table in front of her. Once he did, Egyn picked it up and looked inside. An evil smile spread across her face upon looking at the contents. The smile on her face disappeared when the ship rocked back and forth violently like something had just crashed into it.
"The Hell was that?!" She screamed, running out on deck. Egyn was immediately greeted by the sight of a demon on the deck being skewered through the chest with a spear composed entirely of red light, before said demon crumbled into ash.
Egyn looked in the direction the spear was thrown only to see a woman above the ship. She wore black armor that covered her shoulders, chest, and legs, but left her arms and back exposed. The armor also had spikes along the shoulder pads and lastly, the reason the armor opened up in the back was to make room for a pair of large, black feathered wings that began along her shoulder blades. The woman herself also had scarlet red eyes and long black hair.
Egyn scowled the minute she realized what this woman was. "Leave now you crow! You have no business here!"
The winged woman looked back to the demon, retaining a glare. "I disagree, filth." She said, eyes quickly fixing on the satchel the King of Water carried. "Give me that satchel!" She screamed before flying down to Egyn and clashing the shaft of her spear against Egyn's dual blades. The woman then withdrew one of her hands from the spear and formed a dagger of red light in her free hand. She then slashed at Egyn with it, but instead of targeting the demon herself, the stranger slashed and tore the strap of the satchel that hung around Egyn's torso. She then grabbed it and backed away from the Demon King, flying away from the ship as fast as her wings would carry her.
Egyn looked in the direction the woman flew off in and noticed that her black feathers were floating along the water, marking a clear trail.
"Go after her!" She commanded the crew of demons, who responded by steering the ship in the direction marked by black feathers floating in the water. "I want that satchel back!" The King of Water hollered.
(True Cross Academy)
Everyone had a smile on their face as they walked out of class that day. This marked the beginning of their summer vacation. Even the Cram School students would have the first week off before returning to their exorcist studies.
As for Rin, as soon as he stepped out of class, he was suddenly joined by Gabriel. "Hey Rin!" Gabriel greeted excitedly.
"Hey." He replied. Before Rin could ask why he looked so chipper, Gabriel had hooked his arm around Rin's own and began pulling him in the direction he had been walking. "Come with me. I have a surprise for you." It clearly wasn't a question. Especially considering he was dragging Rin along with inhuman speed.
Finally, they had reached their destination at Shiemi's garden. Once they got there, Rin noticed that all the other Cram School students, even Yukio, were already assembled there.
Rin turned to Gabriel, overloading with questions. "What's going on?" He began with.
"I'm glad you asked." Gabriel said before turning to the rest of the class. "So, you all know how Uriel and I have a lot of money right?"
Everyone nodded. "Well yeah. The penthouse, your cross with the diamond in it, and your sisters' gold bracelet were all big giveaways." Rin thought to himself.
"Well, we decided to put some of it to good use by renting a beach house for the first week of summer. And you're all invited." Gabriel stated.
Everyone's jaws dropped to the ground. "Seriously?!" Rin yelled.
"Yep." Gabriel clarified. To be honest, this wasn't even part of some secret agenda the angel twins had cooked up. They just wanted some fun in the sun. You could imagine that being an Archangel was a full time job, so the twins relished any opportunity to get away from their responsibilities. Gabriel then turned to Yukio. "You're welcome to come too, on the sole condition that you act like a normal teenager instead of a teacher."
Yukio pondered the idea. He couldn't care less about summer vacation. But this could be a good opportunity to find out about the twins. He was very eager to gather information on them ever since his conversation with Shura. She wouldn't be able to attend because she got called away by the Vatican on some assignment. Still, he had to keep a close eye on them, especially around Rin. "I'll go." He answered quickly.
"Terrific." Gabriel said before turning back to everyone else. "There's a limo that will be outside the penthouse in about two hours. Be packed and ready to leave by then."
(Later)
(At the Beach)
Everyone was in the water, having a good time. Mostly everyone anyway. Yukio was sitting cross-legged on his beach towel, which covered the sand. He currently had his eyes glued to a book in his hands.
Rin was also sitting beside him for a moment, trying to get comfortable in his bathing suit and swim shirt. He had to keep one on with Gabriel and Uriel around so he could hide his tail underneath it. But it felt a bit too tight.
Shima was also waiting on the sand at the moment, checking out Izumo in her two piece.
Rin eventually picked up on this and smacked Shima on the back of his head. Shima then turned back to him. "What was that for?!" He yelled, rubbing the spot where Rin had hit him.
"For perving out." Rin stated matter-of-factly. "Besides, I thought you were dating Uriel."
Shima immediately blushed and looked away. "Well, the thing is..."
"She broke up with you huh?" Yukio interjected.
Shima's eyes widened at Yukio before he turned and glared at Rin. "You told him about Uriel and I?"
"Well yeah." Rin answered ignorantly. "For future reference, when you tell me to keep a secret, I at least have to tell Yukio."
Shima's glare just hardened. "Traitor."
Rin put his hands up in defense. "If it makes you feel any better, he doesn't care."
"It's true. I don't." Yukio added. "I mean, it's not like you're the only student in high school having sex."
Shima then turned away again. "Well we don't anymore." He said awkwardly.
Rin smirked. "She really called it quits huh?"
"Not exactly." The pink haired teen responded. "I asked her out on a date a few days ago and she sort of said it was a one time thing."
"Would you please stop talking about my sister's sex life?" Gabriel pleaded as he walked up beside them. They all turned and were shocked by what they saw. Gabriel had on a pair of white bathing shorts, leaving his upper torso bare. That let them see a white, eight point star tattoo on Gabriel's shoulder, which was surrounded by eight smaller stars at each point. It would have been hard to make out on his pale skin if not for the star's blue outline. Gabriel also had large, tribal style, wing tattoos on his back, which had the same color and blue outline as the star. His hair was also undone from it's usual braid. They hadn't realized how long Gabriel's hair was until then. It flowed over his shoulders and down his back, coming to an end a bit after the small of his back. Gabriel then pushed the hair away from the left side of his face. Before, when Egyn had cut it, he pushed some more hair over his left eye, but was now exposing it. Gabriel then looked back to the boys to see them staring at him. "What is it?" He asked.
"What's wrong with your eye?" Rin asked bluntly.
Gabriel didn't understand his meaning until he remembered this was the first time the humans before him had seen his other eye, which was bright red while the other was a cold blue. He had to imagine that looked a bit odd to humans.
"I was born with it." Gabriel said quickly, pointing to the scarlet eye. "Pretty cool huh?"
"Personally, I always thought it was kinda weird looking." Uriel said jokingly as she walked over to the boys. She had on a red two piece.
Gabriel sweatdropped upon hearing her comment. "Damn it Uriel! Why do you always have to say that?!" He asked, embarrassed.
"Cause you make it too easy to mock you." She said before walking past the group.
That's when the Okumura twins noticed she also had a few tattoos marking her body as well. She had a golden sun tattoo the same spot on her shoulder as Gabriel had his star tattoo. She also had a pair of golden wing tattoos, but they were a slightly different style then Gabriel's.
Then Gabriel began to walk down to the water as well before turning back to them. "You coming or what?" He asked.
Rin and Shima nodded and got up from where they were sitting, while Yukio stayed planted in the towel and continued to read his book.
(Later)
The boys of the class were all huddled around a small fire on the beach while the girls had gone out shopping. Earlier, Gabriel had suggested they play truth or dare to pass the time right now it was Rin's turn.
"Gabriel, truth or dare?" Rin asked.
"Truth."
"Who's older, you or Uriel?" Rin asked.
"Actually, I don't know." Gabriel responded. It was a lie. The truth is, they were created at the exact same moment, hence making them the only twin angels. Still, that answer wouldn't translate well to human terms.
Rin raised an eyebrow. "How could you not know?"
"Well, our family won't tell us because they're worried the older one would use the 'well I was born first' thing." Gabriel explained. It was the first excuse that came to mind.
Yukio chuckled. "I wish our dad chose not to tell us. Then I wouldn't have to deal with Rin hanging the 'older brother' card over my head."
Gabriel looked back and forth between the twins in with wide eyes. "Wait. You're not the older one?" He asked Yukio.
Rin growled at the question. "Why does everyone think he's older?!"
Gabriel looked at him with an 'are you serious' type of expression. "Do you really have to ask?"
Rin glared at him and was about to retort when Yukio interrupted. "Let's just keep going. Gabriel, it's your turn."
"Rin, truth or dare?" He asked.
"Truth." Rin responded before taking a sip from his water bottle.
"Are you and Shiemi dating?"
Rin immediately choked on his water and started coughing violently at the question.
"I'll take that as a no." Gabriel said upon seeing Rin's reaction.
"Why did you ask?!" Rin screamed after his throat was cleared.
Gabriel shrugged his shoulders. "Uriel and I had bet over it."
"He does have a huge crush on her though." Shima teased.
"Don't be so high and mighty. If it weren't for me being kidnapped by the King of Light, you never would have hooked up with Uriel." Gabriel said.
Bon and Koneko both looked to Shima with wide eyes. "You slept with Uriel?!" The asked/screamed in unison.
Shima just looked to the side nervously while Gabriel sighed. "Sorry, I thought that was common knowledge." The white haired boy said before turning to Yukio. "Mind of I go again? I have a good one."
"Sure." Yukio responded.
"Then Yukio, truth or dare?" Gabriel asked.
"Truth." Yukio answered. And what Gabriel said next surprised them all.
"Is it true that the Vatican is in bed with the spawn of Satan?" He asked nonchalantly.
Everyone looked to Gabriel, but non were more shocked than Rin and Yukio. "What do you mean?"
"Uriel and I came here only a month and a half ago, but before then we heard through the grapevine that the Japan branch caught the ninth son of Satan, but rather than killing him, they're counting on him to kill the devil himself. Any truth to that?" Gabriel asked with a grin.
Yukio shook his head. "You can't buy into rumors like that."
Gabriel just nodded and got up. "Whatever you say. I think I'll go inside now." He said before turning and walking away. "But seriously Yukio, work on your poker face. It's way to easy to tell when you're lying." Gabriel called before he went inside the beach house.
They all stared in shock at Gabriel as he walked away and went inside. After a few moments, Rin broke the silence. "What the Hell was that?"
Yukio looked back to the group. "I don't know. But I have me suspicions about him and his sister."
"How so?" Konekomaru asked.
Yukio was about to answer when they all heard splashing by the edge of the water. Everyone turned their heads and saw the same woman who had attacked Egyn's ship by the water, with the satchel still in her hands. Her wings had seemingly disappeared and she was on her hands and knees, gasping for air like she was exhausted.
"Hey!" Rin called as he got up and ran over to her. "Are you okay?!"
"Rin don't!" Yukio warned. He was suspicious of this woman do to the spiked armor she was wearing. His suspicions were confirmed when the woman looked up and a scowl crossed her face when she saw Rin.
"Stay away!" She screamed as she stood up and made her light spear appear while purple light appeared behind her back and materialized into her wings.
Rin stopped the moment he saw the wings. He thought she was going to attack but instead she turned back towards the water and saw Egyn's ship approaching quickly.
"Dammit." She muttered and looked back to Rin with a glare. "Consider yourself lucky kid." Then she began flapping her wings and took off, flying just above where the water touched the sand.
Egyn's ship then turned in that same direction.
"Inside now! Before they see us!" Yukio shouted. Everyone quickly followed his instructions and ran up to the beach house without the demons on the ship seeming to notice them.
They were immediately greeted by the sight of Gabriel upon walking in. "Gabriel, we just-"
"I know, I saw through the window." Gabriel interrupted.
"What the Hell just happened?" Bon asked after catching his breath.
Yukio took a seat before explaining. "That ship probably belongs to the King of Water, Egyn. It seems like they were chasing after that woman with wings."
"Sense when do demons go after other demons?" Shima asked.
"She could be a rouge demon. It wouldn't be the first time it's happened." Yukio responded before digging into pocket and pulling out his phone. "I should report this to the Vatican."
"Report what?" Uriel's voice asked. She, Shiemi, and Izumo were just coming inside and were confused by the panicked expressions on everyone's faces.
"Uriel, I need to talk to you outside." Gabriel said, not waiting for a response before pulling her out the door she had just come in from.
"You want to tell me what's going on?" Uriel asked once they were outside and Gabriel had closed the door.
"We just saw the King of Water's ship chasing after a woman with black wings and blood red eyes." Gabriel explained. "Sound familiar?"
Uriel's eyes widened and lit up with worry before she sighed. "A dark angel." She replied.
"Exactly." Gabriel responded with the worried look not faltering. Despite how similar the two sounded, fallen angels and dark angels were not the same thing. That said, the mistake was understandable. Both were once angels that had followed God but were cast out of Heaven for following their own selfish desires. However, fallen angels were banished to Gehenna where Satan proceeded to transform them into demons. Dark angels however, were not beyond redemption. Most of them spent years in Assiah killing demons as an attempt to appease God and gain back their status as angels, but it rarely worked. Most ended up being killed before they could kill enough demons to please God.
"What did she do to make Egyn chase her all the way out here?" Uriel asked.
Gabriel shook his head. "No clue." He said before sighing a bit. "I guess it was too much to ask for a weekend away from demons."
Uriel nodded in agreement. "Come on. We should go back inside." She said before opening the door.
Upon walking in, the angels noticed the absence of a certain pair of twins.
"Where are Rin and Yukio?"
"After Yukio called the Vatican, they told him to capture the demon with black wings so she could give them information on why all the Demon Kings are in Assiah. He told us to stay here, but of course Rin went after him." Konekomaru explained.
Gabriel and Uriel looked at each other in worry. Dark angels didn't normally go after humans, but if one were to get in their way they wouldn't lose any sleep over killing them in cold blood. "Which way did they go?" The twins asked in unison.
(With Rin and Yukio)
After running along the beach for what seemed like hours, the brothers found Egyn's ship anchored down very close to the shore with the bodies of several demons floating in the water around it. They thought that meant the demon they were looking for had already gotten away, until they heard the sound of clashing metal further up the beach. Rin and Yukio both saw Egyn battling the dark angel, who still had the satchel slung over her shoulder.
The dark angel managed to push Egyn back and cause her to stumble, which she then used as an opportunity to drive her spear through the King of Water's chest. Her eyes lit up with surprise when the spot her spear had stabbed turned to water.
Egyn just smirked and quickly stabbed one of her swords into the dark angels chest.
Said angel then dropped to her knees and coughed up blood violently. This also caused her spear to disappear.
Egyn smirked and raised a sword to slice the black winged angel in half. But before she could, Yukio shot her in head three times in a row. Being a Demon King, this only disoriented her. But in that time the dark angel flew back a bit and used the same red light she used to form her spear to cauterize her wound.
Once Egyn the bullet holes in Egyn's head closed up, she glared fiercely at Yukio. "Damn exorcist! This has nothing to do with you!" Then she jumped incredibly high with her demonic abilities and attempted to land sword first on Yukio.
Before she could though, Rin unsheathed Kurikara and blocked her swords just as blue flames coated his body.
"The blue flames." The dark angel said, completely awestruck.
Egyn, although initially surprised to see the flames, smirked as she backed away. "Ah, I see. You possess the blue flames which makes you two my infamous younger brothers." Egyn said as her smile widened. "A pleasure. I am Egyn, King of Water."
Rin was about to run up and attack her when he heard evil laughter from the sidelines. The dark angel nearly fell to her knees giggling.
"The ninth son of Satan is just a child. Imagine that. Word upstairs is that you're a demon to watch out for. I bet my bosses would be happy to see your head hanging off the tip of my spear." She said happily before materializing her spear again.
"Bosses?" Yukio repeated. "Does she mean the Demon Kings?"
Before Rin could make another move, the dark angel flew towards him with incredible speed. His sword clashed against her spear and he was sent tumbling across the sand.
She then ran up to him as Yukio shot her a few times in the back. Each and every bullet just bounced off of her like her skin was made of steel.
On the sand a few feet ahead of the dark angel, Rin glared at her and stuck Kurikara into the sand. "Satan Bomb!"
Then blue flames shot up from the sand the dark angel was running on. She flew up the minute she noticed but still got badly burned around the lower half of her body.
Rin smirked, thinking that he now had a good chance of winning. But it was not to be. The next thing Rin knew he had a searing pain tearing through his gut. He looked down and saw Egyn's sword jutting threw his body.
"Rin!" Yukio called out in horror as the King of Water positioned herself next to Rin with her sword still implanted in him.
"Dear brother, you still have so much to learn. So here's a lesson to start with. Don't ever take your eyes off the enemy." Egyn whispered in his ear before pulling her blade out of him and letting him fall down into the sand.
"Welcome to the family." Egyn said before turning to the dark angel. "Keep the satchel if you want. This day is a victory either way." Then she sprouted midnight blue bat-like wings and flew off.
"Come back here demon bitch!" The dark haired woman screamed as she flew after her.
This left Rin lying on the bare sand until Yukio turned him on his back. His younger brother shouted his name a few times but Rin could barely hear him. He could barely see him either as white dots began to fill his field of vision. The last thing Rin felt was blood begin to fill his lungs before everything went black.
The dark angel did her best to keep pace with the King of Water, but the demon was far too fast for her. Eventually she couldn't even see Egyn anymore and was forced to the ground so she could catch her breath.
"What do you think you're doing here Ramiel?" A voice said behind her. The dark angel, Ramiel, turned around and was greeted by the sight of Gabriel and Uriel standing behind her. Ramiel growled audibly upon seeing them.
"Look kids, I've had my fill of demons and humans today. So which ever one you two are, but out."
Gabriel scoffed. "Good thing we aren't either." Then he turned around to show off his wing tattoos.
Ramiel's eyes widened upon seeing them and she quickly got down on a single knee and bowed. "I'm so sorry Archangels. I had no idea-"
"It's fine." Uriel interrupted. "We just wanted to make sure that you didn't kill any humans. And for future reference, try to avoid picking a fight with Demon Kings and you'll live longer."
Ramiel looked up and shook her head. "No, that's not it. I was stealing this from her." She said, taking the satchel off her shoulder and making a jester for Gabriel to take it.
The white haired angel hesitantly did and fiddled around inside of it until he finally felt something and took a hold of it then pulled it out. The twins both gasped in shock.
This was another seal. It was identical to the others in shape, size, and color but it's symbol was a pair of balancing scales. Underneath the symbol where the first two seals had their Roman Numerals this one had an 'III'. The Roman Numeral for 3.
"The third seal." Uriel said after getting over the surprise. "Egyn had this? Where did she find it?"
"I don't know." Ramiel stated. "It was brought to her by a few water demons before I stole it."
"Well done Ramiel." Gabriel said with a smile. "You've secured you place in Heaven with this."
Gabriel then snapped his fingers and Ramiel's figure became enveloped with a bright white light. When it dimmed, Ramiel had completely changed. Her hair was now a light brown and she was now wearing a white dress in place of the armor she just had on. Her wings had also lost their blackness. They were now bright with a red hue.
"Oh thank you Archangel." She said with glee as she began flapping her wings. "Does this mean I can head back now?"
"Not yet." Gabriel said. "I need you to contact all the remaining dark angels and tell them that any of them that are able to keep the seals away from the demons will be welcomed back to Heaven."
Uriel looked back to Gabriel with an unsure expression. "Are you sure about that?"
"This is the Apocalypse we're talking about. All hands on deck." Gabriel reminded.
"Of course I'll do that my prince. But there's something I must tell you." Ramiel said, grabbing the twins' attention. "You've been looking for the ninth son of Satan, and I know who he is."
Both angels gasped a bit. "Who is it?" Gabriel asked quickly.
"It was a boy who Egyn stabbed. He had dark blue hair and light blue eyes. He also had pointed ears and sharp canines." Ramiel said, only to be confused by the mobid expression Gabriel took once she finished her description.
"Rin Okumura." Gabriel growled out. "I knew it."
Chapter 10 is up!
Flaming Eyeball and Gwntan12: Thanks for the reviews and I do appreciate the constructive criticism. I apologize that you didn't like the chapter but don't worry. I plan on having future chapters in which the Archangels lose and chapters like this where the Demon Kings score a win.
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