Tucking the blue silk covering into my back pocket, watching as the pole extended. "I hope you're not too rusty, woman." The voice of the blade chuckled.

"I might not be a Dr. Franken Stein when it comes to scythes, but I'm pretty handy." It was the first time I ever replied. One of the Ghouls charged at me, forcing me to spin out of its way, giving me the chance to lop off its head.

"Why if it isn't Butch…" Astaroth laughed, spotting me.

Feeling the vein in my temple pulsate, I took down a couple more Ghouls, allowing the others to take care of the giant mushrooms. "Wanna run that by me again, ya pussy?" I shouted, swinging at him. He dodged the sharp tip, before dancing around, avoiding the Old Man's shots.

"What are you aiming at?" he taunted, sounding cocky. He destroyed Moorkin quickly, using a mushroom to grow the nasty fungi on his body. Another was busy trying to remove them as one blew flames at Astaroth. This only angered the King of Rot, round house kicking the poor dude through a shit loud of pews, crashing into his friend and the wall, tacking them both out.

"Dammit Rin, here up or it's our asses…" Astaroth suddenly transformed, howling loudly. Blinking, I watched as a broken chunk of wood beaned the King of Rot in the side of the head.

Rin stood there, holding Kurikara, while the top of Jazz's head could be seen behind him. "I said we're not done talking yet, you damn geezer!" he seethed.

I ignored the King, watching as Fujimoto stomped on his chest, the shotgun pointed at his heart. "O Lord, bind a millstone around its neck so that it shall never again rise from the depths of the Leviathan!" Astaroth begged the Paladin to stop. "Chain it in darkness eternal, where it will not hear nor see!" you could actually see the horrid thing leave the young male's body. "Nagatomo, get the car ready! Izumi and Kyodo, put the Seal of Tetramorph on this boy. And don't forget to perform the purification ritual."

"Yes sir!"

Rin did not understand what was going on. "Wait, we should treat their wounds first!"

"Our first and foremost priority now is to hide you and the girls. Realize that you're the target of the demons!" Shiro stated forcefully. I was somewhat surprised that he wanted to hide with Rin.

"I see… so if I leave it'll be all over?" he was getting pissed.

"Rin!"

"Then I'll leave!" I looked down at my feet, knowing what was going to happen next, and because of my promise, there was nothing I could do to prevent it. "That should make you feel better!" the fact that Rin was speaking so calmly sent a chill down my spine.

"Rin!" Shiro sounded desperate to be heard out. He grabbed ahold of Rin's shoulder, preventing his son from leaving.

Rin smack his hand away, glaring at the man who had raised him since he was a newborn. "Let go of me! You'd throw me away anyway! I've been a problem child all my life… We're not even really related!" I bit my tongue, preventing myself from lashing out; I could see the pain in Shiro Fujimoto's eyes. "Just strangers…"

"Rin!" my heart clutched painfully in my chest.

The half-devil was having none of it. "Just be honest! That you got tired of pretending we're family! Or can't a clergyman talk like that? Maybe you want to play a good father to the end?" it was evident that Rin was feeling betrayed by the man he loved and idolized for so many years. "Don't screw with me! You're not my father or anything! Don't ever call yourself my father again!"

Shiro couldn't take it anymore; he slapped Rin across the face. I covered the crescent blade, putting it back in the holster on my left hip. My belt actually made me think of the current Paladin's belt for how it was always at an angle and everything. I shook my head, focusing on what was currently going on.

"It's almost daybreak. Hurry and pack up!" Rin was stunned that his father would actually strike him.

He actually looked on the verge of tears as he mumbled, "alright."

Jazz ran over to me, quickly getting behind me and clutching my black hoody. Swallowing thickly, we watched as he doubled over, eyes wide in pain, before he collapsed to his knees, grasping at his chest in vain.

"Oh no…" Shiro gasped. "Get… away… from me!" he shouted out his subordinates. The lights exploded, throwing us into darkness.

"What's going on?" wondered Rin, looking around.

We all heard the disembodied voice of Satan chuckling ecstatically from Fujimoto's body. "At last I've got this body!"

"Oi!"

"Rin, you idiot!" Jazz and I shouted, going to grab him. That sharp demonic smile on Shiro's face made us freeze.

"Finally I can meet you, my son!" Satan spoke lowly, looking like he was drunk on something. "Or whatever!" his flames erupted around his body, making us fall back against the ruble as Satan clambered back to his feet.

"Tegan…" Jazz whimpered as the God of Demons started cackling madly.

"What's wrong with you, Old Man?!" bless Rin for being stupid.

"Jazz, go check on the others, okay?" she frowned before nodding, going to check on the other clergymen.

"He's possessed! Satan's taken over his body, Rin!" I exclaimed, getting up on shaky legs.

"Exactly. I'm Satan. The God of Gehenna and your real father. You can call me Papa if you want." He began cackling madly.

"Reverend Fujimoto!" the other priest ran up to Fujimoto's possessed body.

"Shut the hell up!" Satan roared, eyes wide. They all started to burn while Jazz ducked, hiding from them. Damn, if she could find some Holy Water… Satan looked directly at me for a few seconds, almost leering at me, before turning away. "Don't ruin this touching meeting!" Blood started trickling from his nose, showing that the body could not handle him much longer. "I don't have time for that!" to prove his point, he broke off Father Fujimoto's fingers on his left hand.

"There's nothing touching about this, you bastard!" I screamed, feeling my own blood boil as hot as his flames. Satan did not take too kindly to my outburst, causing his blue flames to erupt before me.

Blood pooled on the floor, creating the gate. "I am too strong for Assiah, so you can't bear my presence for long. Not even this man's body. Nor your mother."

The gate started bubbling, the perfume of death making me gag. "What is this?"

"A Gehenna Gate…" but my voice was drowned out by Satan as he said the same thing.

"The magic gate connecting Assiah and Gehenna." The eyes on the gate blinked, creeping me out. "Let's go back to Gehenna!" Satan stalked over to Rin's prone form.

"Don't come near me! Stay away!" he yelled in fright, his own flames being known.

This made Satan laugh. "What's that? Did you wet yourself?" He poked fun at his second youngest son. "Pathetic… Take back your demon powers already!" he started dragging his son by the back of his blue hoody.

"I'm not a demon! I'm human!" well… You're half right. Tacking a deep breath, I launched myself through the dying blue flames of Satan, landing hard on the floor. Rin caught his reflection in a shard of a broken mirror.

"You have the blood of the God of Gehenna, yet your body is of Assiah. You are special." Satan ignored Rin's claims, tossing him into the bubbling mass. Screaming, Rin watched as the goop latched onto his limbs. Cackling, Satan delightfully said, "That was a nice scream!" He moved towards the gate, as I just laid on the floor, seeing Jazz hide behind rubble. "Today you will be reborn as a demon!"

"Someone!" struggling, I crawled over, holding my hand out for him. Rin took notice, reaching out for my hand.

The God of Gehenna stepped on my fingers, making me cry out in pain. As cheerful as he could be, Satan sung happily "Happy birthday, my son!" but his 'good mood' was short lived as his foot was removed from my abused hand.

"That's… not…" Fujimoto struggled to speak as he gain control over his right hand. Fujimoto grabbed ahold of his True Cross pin, stabbing himself right in the chest. "He's my son! And you'll give him back!" Shiro looked lovingly at his son, a smile playing across his face.

"You filthy Exorcist…!" roared Satan, thoroughly pissed by the turn of events. The flames vanished, signaling that Satan had left, just as Shiro fell into the gate. "Taking your own life, what a worldly priest you are! But it's too late. The Gehenna Gate won't let go of anything!" was the last thing he said.

"Old Man! Get a hold of yourself!" wadding through the gate; Rin grabbed Shiro, sinking into the pit. "Dammit!"

The only thing we could do was watch. Emerging, Rin grabbed Kurikara, looking up at it. One of the priest's yelled at Rin to not unsheathe the blade. "Ignore him, Rin! If you don't do something, then that Gate will never close!" I encouraged the young teen, taking notice that he was backing away. That seemed to help him make his decision as he gripped the handled.

"Old Man…" he gasped, clearly in emotional pain. He pulled Kurikara out, making his flames blaze brightly, he teeth sharp, ears long, flame like horns, and of course his tail. Rin raised the sword above his head, slashing down at the Gate's heart. It soon vanished, leaving Shiro's corpse and Rin using a sheathed Kurikara as support, crying silently. "Daddy…"

"Brother?" Yukio called out, rounding around one of the corners of rubble. No matter how many times I had watched this scene play out, I could not help but hate Yukio for ignoring his own twin! Couldn't he see how much mental and emotional pain Rin was in? At time, I think the so-called 'smart twin' was a complete idiot that could not see the bigger picture.

"Tegan, are you okay?" Jazz asked, placing a hand on my shoulder.

Shaking it off, I nodded towards Rin. "Better question is, is he okay? But we both already know that answer…" my salty tears dripped on my hands, ruining my eyeliner, though I did not care.


It was raining during Shiro's funeral. It was as if the Heavens were grieving with us over his death. I stood next to the half-devil, resting my head against his shoulder, as we both got drenched in the rain. For this occasion, I had gotten a plain knee length black dress with black flats, my scythe strapped around my hips still. Yukio and the others had left, leaving Jazz by herself with an umbrella as I waited with Rin. He had Fujimoto's phone in his hand, calling the single number programed in there.

My ears twitched, hearing Mephisto's annoying ringtone. Rin gasped, turning around to see we were completely surrounded. Oh, isn't this just fucking great. I pulled out my scythe – I really should give him a name, I swear – taking a protective stance in front of the 15-year-old half-demon.

"Nice to meet you," we heard Mephisto's voice echo out of the receiver as he stood before us, bowing to us both in greeting. Rin was right; he did look like a clown. Jazz got closer, watching us from the sidelines. My grip just tightened on the, currently short, pole; eyeing all the Exorcists that surrounded us. "I represent the Japanese branch of True Cross Knight Order. My name is Mephisto Pheles." I felt the urge to call him out on his bullshit lie, knowing he was really Samael, another of Satan's sons. "I was Father Fujimoto's friend. Please accept my condolences." Such a smug bastard.

"Are you Exorcists too?" questioned Rin. Mephisto eyed the weapon that I clutched in my left hand. It did not go unnoticed by me.

"Indeed. And we know everything about you. It seems Father Fujimoto tried to raise you as human, but contrary to his wishes, you awakened." Not by choice, of course. "Son of Satan wandering around Assiah is a threat of extinction to humankind." Then why are you here, Mephisto? "In the name of the Vatican, we are to dispose of you." But of course you will not let those scared idiots kill your baby brother, would you Mephi?

"Weren't you supposed to protect me?" Gotta love naïve Rin.

It was eerie how Mephisto and mine's eye color was similar. How did I miss that? "I'd prefer not to mix public and private matters." He crooned. Liar. "You have two choices left. Be killed by us, or kill us and run away." He grinned, looking like that cat that ate the canary. "You could also kill yourself, so actually that makes three choices."

I stepped forward, making it known that I was going to speak. The longer strands of red hair in the front clung to my wet skin, looking like rivulets of fresh blood. "Actually there's a fourth choice that you forgot to mention, Mephisto."

He bent down to my level, looking me straight in the eye with that grin. "Oh?" his emerald green eyes trailed down my soaked body, eyeing my curves. "And what would that be, Miss?" So the Old man did not tell the trickster about Jazz and I in detail.

"Tegan Foley and you best remember that!" Mephisto's grin got even wider. "The fourth choice is letting Rin join you. Make him into an Exorcist."

"And what about you, Miss Foley?" he purred, lifting my chin up.

"Wherever Rin goes, my sister and I go, too. We promised Fujimoto-san that much." I gave him a half-truth, knowing he would buy it for now.

"Just as Tegan said. I am choosing option four! Make me into one of you!" Rin spoke, nearly standing chest-to-chest with his half-brother. "I don't care what you say or what you think. I'm not the son of Satan. My father is Shiro Fujimoto and no one else!"

"I see. So you want to follow Father Fujimoto's dying wish?" Rin did not know that was his father's dying wish, so why say that now. I never could fully understand this clown. "But think about it. What would you do if you became an Exorcist?"

I smirked knowingly, enjoying the next part. "Kick Satan's ass!"

Mephisto's eyes widen, but I could see that cheerful gleam in those jeweled orbs, as he laughed at his kid brother. "What's so funny?" Rin drawled.

"What? Like Satan's son becoming an Exorcist?" Aren't you proof that a child of Satan can be an Exorcist, you dumbass? He continued laughing. "This is great! I haven't had such a great laugh in a while!" he guffawed. Clearly, Rin and I were not amused by this.

"I'm serious!" Rin shouted, annoyed.

He stopped as quickly as he began, straightening himself out. "Interesting! Very well."

The Exorcists around us looked shocked by his decision. "But… Sir Pheles!"

"Really?" I sighed next to the soon-to-be Blue Exorcist, putting my weapon away.

"This is a measure beyond the law. However, Rin. The path you've chosen is not a simple one." Well obviously! "One day you'll have to face your fate and you'll regret not dying here." That has yet to happen in the original story line, so I doubt it will ever happen.

"I don't care. I'm not a human or a demon anymore." No, you are both. Simple as that. I felt like smacking him at times, I swear. "I have no choice but to go forward! I'll become an Exorcist!"

Mephisto grinned at Rin before looking down at me. "And what about you, my dear?"

I sent him a heated glare, watching as he became intrigued. "Do you need your ears cleaned or something? I already said Jazz and I were going with Rin. We'll all become Exorcists!"

"Interesting…"


Pepper: I think this is one of the best scenes in the Anime/Manga!

Deadly: Bitch! Fujimoto DIED, how is that great?

Pepper: Uh, I meant the introduction to Mephisto, calm yo tits.

Deadly: I'll rip yours off