ANE Fic Pairing: ReijiXKitoXKiru

Chapter 11

What had seemed like eternity to the two brothers was only a full hour, before a knock came from the front door. Kiru's eyes instantly moving to the bedroom door and a weary look on his features, as he glanced at his brother and got a nod. The older carefully getting up and pulling out his pocketknife as he walked to the front door. The male easily hiding it inside his shirt sleeve, as he carefully grabbed the door handle and quickly swung the front door open. A few gasps of surprise reaching his ears, as he noticed the teens from the bathroom and let out a sigh. The male running a hand through his hair, before he shoved his pocket knife back into his pocket and the teen with the sword spoke first.

"Are you the guy from the bathroom, that was battling that demon?" The teen asked, as the brunette and blonde beside him smacked him in the head. "Ow! What was that for?!"

"You idiot, he might not know what a demon is!" The other teen spoke, as the pink-haired teen behind them let out a little laugh and hung back.

"I do know what a demon is." Kiru spoke, as the two teens immediately became quiet and looked at him. "Not to mention I'm the mate of a half-demon."

"Blank." The brunette n' blonde spoke, as Kiru rose an eyebrow at him. "The term for a human mate for a half-demon is blank."

"Whatever, I could care less. Why are you guys here?"

"We thought this belonged to you." The teen with the sword spoke, as he held or Reiji's book bag. "We found it left in the bathroom after that demon ran off. We didn't look inside of it."

"Thank you." Kiru spoke, as he took the backpack from the teen and slung it over his shoulder. "I'm guessing your exorcists? Reiji said that they help get rid of demons."

"We're esquires." The brunette n' blonde spoke, as the teen with the sword went to open his mouth and then shut it. "We're training to become exorcists."

"And I'm going to be paladin!" The teen with the sword spoke, as he grinned. "It's the highest ranking exorcist."

"Is there some kind of test or something?" Kiru asked, as he noticed Kito stick his head out of their little mate's room and listen in.

"Yeah, it's actually in a month." The brunette n' blonde spoke. "But if you'd want to take it you'd have to catch up on what we've been learning. It's almost a whole semester and a half worth of work to memorize."

A moment of silence fell over them, as Kiru nodded and threw Reiji's bag to his brother. Kito catching it and carrying it back into the bedroom, as the male looked back at the esquires and the teen with the sword was giving him a funny look.

"Well, thank you for finding Reiji's backpack and for coming when you did." Kiru spoke, as he moved to close the door and the teen with the sword placed his hand on the door to prevent it from closing.

"Do you want to protect your mate?" The teen asked, as the older teen next to him frowned at the boy. "Is that why you asked those questions?"

"Yeah, I do. But I don't have the time to study." Kiru spoke, as he grabbed the door handle and his eyes met the floor. "Reiji needs us now and we don't have time to learn how to fight demons. We'll fight with what we have. Thank you for coming by."

And it was then the male shut the door, leaving the boy with the sword with a concerned face. Kiru letting out a sigh, as he walked to the bedroom and found his brother lying beside their little mate. The little demon fast asleep beside his younger brother, as Kiru walked over to the bed and sat on the edge of it. His foot smacking the teen's backpack and it hitting the floor, as it toppled over and photos came spilling out of it. Photos the two brothers frowned at, as Kiru leaned over and picked them up. A stick thick substance trying to adhere itself to the teen's fingers, as he looked down at it and felt his stomach knot up. His brother leaning over his shoulder and his figure freezing up beside him, as he placed a hand over his mouth and his eyes fell on their sleeping mate.

"Kiru, you don't think-"

"This must've been what Reiji was talking about." Kiru spoke, as he threw the ruined picture on the floor and leafed through the other ones. A few of them inked with permanent marker and the brother's faces inked out; their little mate's figure surrounded with a heart. "Someone had been watching us."

"How did they get those?!" Kito spoke, as he pulled out the pictures from when they mated with Reiji and pure horror was etched into his face. "No one would've known we were- we were-"

"Whether they knew or not this isn't good, Kito." Kiru spoke, as he turned to his brother and met his worried eyes. "Someone is after Reiji, and I'd bet everything I have that it was that demon from the bathroom."

"But didn't those students get him?"

"No, they said it ran off." Kiru spoke, as he glared at the pictures in his hands and they crinkled under his strangling grip. "But if that thing lays one hand on Reiji I'll kill it."

"Kiru-"

"Don't Kiru me. We have to protect, Reiji." The male spoke, as he turned and glared at his brother. "We prevented our deaths so we could stay with him and I'm not letting some psychopathic demon take him from me. I love him, Kito and I'm not letting anyone touch him."

"We still have to see what Shiratori wants."

"Kito, you saw him. He was a wreak. He's scared and I'm not letting anything hurt him."

"Fine, but we'll wait till Shiratori wakes up." The male next to him spoke, as he looked over at their sleeping mate. "He's been through enough."

Time/Line Break

"Reiji, wake up baby. Kito made dinner again." Kiru's voice gently called out, as the young half-demon let out a mumbled groan and opened his eyes.

His lavender eyes falling on his mate's figure, as Kiru smiled down at him and gently ran his fingers through the teen's hair. The gesture nice and soothing as he closed his eyes at the male's touch and leaned into his hand. His tail swaying against the mattress, as he heard footsteps stop by the bedroom door and the teen opened his eyes. His other mate standing in the doorway and giving him a soft smile, as he pulled off his apron and pulled the clip out of his hair.

"I made your favorite." The male spoke, as the teen felt a smile stretch across his face and quickly got up. "Don't forget to wash up."

"I won't." The teen spoke, as he quickly got out of bed and rushed to the bathroom to wash his hands.

The teen turning on the water and squirting some soap into his hands, as he quickly rubbed them against one another and washed his hands thoroughly. Before he washed off the soap from his fingers and looked up at the mirror as he grabbed a towel. The rough fabric slipping through his fingers and hitting the tiled floor, as a wet hand shakily touched the teen's neck and he felt his stomach knot up. The water still running full blast, as the teen stared at the bruises covering his neck and footsteps came up from behind him. Kito's head poking in the doorway, before he saw the teen staring into the mirror in fear and he quickly rushed over to shut off the water and grab the teen by the shoulders.

"Shiratori, are you alright?" The male asked, before a terrified scream left the teen the moment his mate touched him and he backed up into the wall before he fell to the floor. His whole body shaking, as he curled up in a ball and Kiru rushed into the room only seconds later. A worried look in both of his mate's eyes.

"What the hell is going on in here?" Kiru demanded, as he looked at the two of them and saw the teen curled up on the floor. "Reiji, baby, what's wrong?"

"I-I th-though- th-the demon…" The rest of the teen's sentence trailed off with the silence that followed, as the little demon curled into himself more and Kiru carefully kneeled down beside him. "I-I'm so sorry."

"You have nothing to be sorry for, Reiji." Kiru gently spoke, as he reached out and gently took the teen's hand. "It's the demon's fault your like this, and if anything I'm going to keep you safe."

"Y-you will?" The teen spoke, as Kiru nodded.

"Nothing with touch you, Reiji. I promise."

It was only after a few moments of silence, that the teen gave his mate and nod and let him help him to his feet. Both his mates holding him close, as he curled up between them and they took a moment to relax for the teen's sake. His nerves calming, as he let out a soft breath and they slowly let go of him. The two of them giving him a smile, as they led him out of the bathroom and toward the kitchen to enjoy their meal.

Time/Line Break

The smashing of glass reaching the teen's ears, as he jolted awake and found himself curled up between both his mates. The two brothers fast asleep beside him, as the teen quickly looked around the room and found it empty. A bit of rattling from the kitchen reaching his ears, as the teen looked toward the doorway and slowly sat up. Kiru's arm around him making it hard to sit up, as he backed up a little till he hit Kito's chest and carefully wiggled his way out. The teen carefully climbing over his older mate, as his feet gently hit the wooden floor and he looked back at his mates. The two of the fast asleep and dead to the world, as he walked to the bedroom door and slowly opened it. The teen thankful it didn't squeak or creak, as he carefully stepped into the pitch-black kitchen. The rattling definitely more prominent, as the teen managed to make out a figure rummaging through their things. The teen quietly grabbing Kito's baseball bat, and holding it at the ready, as he took a few steps forward and took a hard swing. The figure somehow hearing his attempt to harm him, as his arm blocked the blow and his free hand yanked the baseball bat out of the teen's hands. A gasp of surprise leaving him, as he was yanked forward and was elbowed in the face.

A yelp of pain leaving him, as he crashed to the floor and held his bleeding and broken nose. The figure not even phased by the teen's pain, as he reached out and pulled the half-demon off his feet. His fingers digging into the teen's windpipe, as he let out a gasp for air and clawed at the figures hands. The swaying of a tail catching his attention, as the light suddenly came on and he came face to face with the demon from school. The movement of footsteps reaching his ears, as he managed to move his gaze to the side and noticed his mates standing at the doorway. Kiru already armed with his pocketknife and usually hidden gun, while Kito was holding another one of his baseball bats; only this one was his prized metal one.

"Let go of Reiji." Kiru growled, as the safety on his gun clicked and the demon gave them a pleased grin before he pulled the teen close and moved to strangle him with his arm instead of his hand.

"Now, why would I hand my Akira-chan over to you?" The demon spoke, as he used his other hand to slide his fingers up the teen's chest and up toward his cheek. The teen shivering and letting out a whimper at the demon's touch, as Kiru let out a growl and aimed the gun at the demon's head. "Now, now, that's not a smart thing to do. You realize it's nothing for me to pick up Akira-chan and take the bullet for me, don't you?"

"Just hand him over you sick bastard!" Kiru yelled, as Kito set his bat against the wall and took a step forward.

The action making the demon take a step backward away from them and dragging the teen with him, as the teen struggled to keep up and get oxygen into his lungs, as he let out a whimper and looked at his mates for help.

"Let Reiji go and you can have me in his place." Kito calmly spoke, as he spoke the teen's first name for the first time and both Reiji and his older brother stared at him in pure shock.

"Kito, you can't do that." Reiji shakily spoke, as he shook his head. "Please don't."

"You're safety is more important than mine, Reiji."

"You can't have him, in fact, no one can." The demon growled, as his already black eyes turned blacker. "Akira is mine, he's not yours. He's always been mine."

"Fat chance. Now let him go." Kiru growled, as Kito took a step forward and the demon's back hit the counter. "Looks like you ran out of room, asshole."

"Not quite." The demon smirked, before the two of them were suddenly on the other side of the room and standing in the doorway to the bedroom.

Kiru quickly turning and pointing his gun at the demon holding the teen hostage, as Kito grabbed his bat once more and glared at the demon.

"Unlike the two of you, I'm a demon with special abilities. Abilities no mere humans can have." The demon sneered, as he leaned forward and gently rubbed his cheek against the teens to gain a whimper out of him. "And what good are you humans if you can't protect one half-demon?"

A moment of silence filled the room, as the demon smirked and looked back and forth between the little half-demon's blanks angered faces.

"You're not worth my dear Akira-chan's time. You're not even worth his mark." The demon spoke, as his fingers glided over the teen's neck and his mating mark came into view. "If anyone is worth Akira-chan mark it's me. You're just in the way."

And before anyone could speak, or even move, the demon threw the teen over his shoulder and escaped right through the broken bedroom window.