Gehenna

next morning

"Otouto…" Amaimon calls out softly as the demon curls closer to his older brother.

"No Ani… sleep." Rin mumbles back as he snuggles in.

"Rin you have to get up… Rin move… come on move before Yukio or Mephisto come looking."

"I don't care, let him come." Rin mumbles back and that's when Amaimon pushes him off.

"Get up lazy." Amaimon says strictly having grown tired of arguing and reluctantly Rin gets up. Rin then turns into a cat and stretches his body letting loose a satisfactory groan.

"You're a real slave driver you know."

"Yes and your going to be a rug if you don't get up to Assiah soon." Amaimon says and Rin just sighs.

"But you never finished your story." Rin whines as Amaimon picks him up and begins the process of opening a gate to Assiah. It takes him a second to finish the spell then he steps through to Assiah where he watches Satan and Raijin angrily growling at each other, while Mephisto cuddles with Shiro, and Yukio watches the two wolves.

"I will tell you the rest of the story another time." Amaimon replies with a smile and Rin jumps out of his grasp quickly landing on his feet. Leaving the other three no chance to even ask what they were doing in the first place.

"So what's going on here?" Rin asks as he turns to face his brothers and stepfather.

"No one really knows and Shiro's been here since the beginning." Yukio explains as he stands up and Rin strides over to him while turning back into a demon. He goes int for a kiss but Rin just dodges to the side and stalks over to where the two older demons are cuddling.

"Get off of him!" Rin growls as he pulls his stepfather up and Mephisto cocks his head in confusion.

"Rin what's wrong?" Shiro asks in confusion he knew Mephisto and Rin hadn't gotten along on most occasions but this was a little dramatic.

"He has something that he needs to do and I want to show you something." Rin states as he drags Shiro away deep into the nearby forest. The others watch with curiosity as Shiro is dragged away.

"Amai what happened last night?" Yukio asks with displeasure as he runs his tongue over his still dry lips. He had hoped a kiss from Rin would wet them, but that didn't seem like an option right now.

"I just told him part of the story of how Ibis and I met."

"Where did you stop?" Mephisto asks sharply, he never liked when Amaimon told this story he always made it seem like he was the bad guy.

"I stopped when he fell asleep… you guys should have seen him, he was so compliant and cuddly…. Yukio is he always that adorable?" Amaimon asks and he watches with a silent smile as Mephisto growls lowly at him. Mephisto growls as he stalks over to his mate's side and pulls him in for a possessive kiss.

"If you ever share your bed with the elder of the Okumura twins again I will personally come there and show you what it means to be mine… in front of him so he can understand who's mate he is meddling with." Mephisto threatens with a sadistic smile and watches as Amaimon shivers in anticipation.

"So I'm still at the point where you were in bed with my mate… the one who was sexually assaulted and then traumatized by Shiro who stormed in on us." Yukio states with irritation as Amaimon turns to face him.

"He came to me asking questions and I answered them, but before I could finish answering one he fell asleep… What did you want me to do? Leave him in the middle of Father's rose garden alone in Gehenna unprotected." Amaimon points out and Yukio glares at him angrily.

"No you should have either told me or brought him to me… You two always seem to forget that he is mine! If either of you touch him again I will kill you." Yukio says between gritted teeth while he transforms into a Clydesdale, and his demonic flames igniting as he angrily trots off into the forest in the direction of his mate and stepfather. Mephisto and Amaimon watch as the youngest demon trots away leaving nothing more then blue hoof prints in the dirt.

"Mephisto we need to stop those two." Amaimon says quickly now that his brothers have left.

"Are you sure because I can keep the destruction contained for at least a day or two to give us a few hours to ourselves." Mephisto says suggestively as he wiggles his eyebrows at his younger mate who just huffs.

"Later, right now we need to stop this battle before they destroy this entire dimension." Amaimon says as he pushes Mephisto away gently. The younger demon just sighs knowing exactly what must be done for theses two to stop and he knows this is going to hurt a lot, and so with no hesitation what so ever; Amaimon jumps in between the two demons about to start battling again. He had hoped they would stop in time, but he was wrong… The demons surged forward and clashed. Mephisto watches as Raijin tackles Amaimon and Satan growls as he lunges claws extended. However everyone stops when they hear the piercing scream that falls from Amaimon's lips when the demons finally pull back. Mephisto rushes forward to find his mate lying bloody in the middle of their battle field; he can see multiple lacerations covering his lover.

"Amaimon that has got to be the most reckless thing you've ever done." Mephisto mutters angrily as he holds Amaimon closely while he observes him lying there bleeding to death slowly. Amaimon smirks slightly as his eyes roll back into his head slowly. "Amai stay with me… please."

"Samael is he…" Satan asks hesitantly knowing this was entirely his own fault he should have known he wouldn't move back out of the way…. and it was his fault now he lies dying thanks to him… to be honest it seems that he ended up in this situation to often.

"Stay back!" Mephisto growls as he picks up his wounded mate and stalks off into the night towards his office.

"Wait! I will help you." Satan says with a hint of regret in his voice as he trudges after his son quickly leaving Raijin sitting near a large burn mark.

"Are we done here then Satan?" Raijin shouts after his younger brother who doesn't reply, but rather keeps running after his son. So in confusion he sits there and waits for someone or something to come get him. However he doesn't have to wait long before one of his daughters comes to see him.

"Father what are you waiting for?" Inari asks as she appears as a person and sits down next to him in his wolf form.

"Inari I am waiting for my brother to return so we can continue our fight."

"But why?" Inari asks wondering why her father would do something so stupid and wasteful.

"Now that you mention it I don't really know why…. I just am." Raijin answers back and Inari just sighs in frustration.

"I see… well you should go back up there because Bastet is about to decapitate Inugami." Inari tells her father, who sighs and then disappears back up to Heaven. Inari having nothing else to do wanders back up to Heaven to watch the outcome of the fight.

Meanwhile in the forest

"So Rin what did you need me for?" Shiro asks as his son continues to drag him through the forest. Rin doesn't answer right away he just keeps dragging Shiro. "Rin?"

"Shiro it's been a long time since we've had some alone time." A voice that Shiro wished to never hear again says.

"It's been a long time… hasn't it?" Shiro responds as he wrenches himself free and turns to face the impostor.

"Yes and I was wondering how long did you plan to be in Assiah before we found out." The shape shifter asks snidely.

"Well a little longer than this I thought." Shiro answers as the changeling demon shifts into it's regular form which was a humanoid form that had short pitch black hair with striking alabaster skin, and emotionless dull grey eyes. It was about six foot four an inch taller than Shiro, but with less muscles mass than the demonic Exorcist.

"Shiro you always seem to forget that stealth isn't always your strong point."

"Well I was doing pretty good for sixteen years so... I'll call that a win. Hey if you're here then where is my son?" Shiro asks wondering what happened to his son because since that Gehenna gate opened Rin was here.

"Your awfully confident for someone who is about to be brought before the Grigori and most likely sentenced to death again as for your son he's still in Gehenna… or at least somewhere between there and here."

"Odis you know what your problem is?" Shiro says to the changeling demon, who just rolls his eyes in annoyance.

"Shut up Shiro, save it for the Grigori." Odis mutters as he pulls Shiro along the path till they come to a fork in the road and Odis takes the left one. Shiro thinks he smells the scent of burning fire but says nothing as he is dragged through the forest.

"Wait why are you taking me to the Grigori? Last time I was living you were working for an independent contractor." Shiro says and Odis just laughs loudly.

"Independent contractor? I think you mean master… Shiro I'm a changeling. I'm not a person, I'm not a demon hell I don't even know what my species is."

"Odis your a faerie remember…"

"Shut up Shiro you're going to the Vatican whether you like it or not." Odis replies as he clips a pair of enchanted cuffs onto Shiro's wrists. Shiro chuckles as the changeling leads him to a small house on the outer border of the forest, Odis then pulls out a small key and puts it in the lock. He turns the handle and the door opens to the ornate chambers of the Grigori. Shiro is led to the grand chamber where judgement is made and he can only remember being here one other time where he was the one being judged… when he vouched for Mephisto on one of the demon's hair-brained plots. The pair says nothing as they continue walking into the large room where the three Grigori sit on a platform above them. Rather judgemental in Shiro's opinion and it causes him to smirk at the thought. Shiro smiles slyly as Angel A. August does a double take upon seeing the once dead Paladin.

"You… your… your dead." Angel stutters out in surprise, he had heard the rumors of the late Paladin's return, but he never thought they could be true.

"Angel I always knew you would become the Grigori's attack dog." Shiro says with a fake smile and Angel just balks in anger.

"Odis release him and leave." Angel orders and Odis does as he is told. Once releasing Shiro one of the Grigori cuts through a piece of wood, and Odis disappears quickly leaving Shiro alone in the chamber with the Grigori and Angel.

"So I'm back… And I'm here why?" Shiro asks with impatience he had been living for a little over a day and he was already dealing with these guys, who were notorious for being demon haters.

"Your here because you're a demon." Antares states in a matter of factly tone.

"And your point is, my sons are demons yet they live."

"What do you mean sons? Last we heard only Rin had awakened his true demonic potential…" Enoch says and turns to the others with concern.

"Angel I want them found and brought here, bring us Mephisto as well… it is time we hear the entire story." Raguel states and Angel walks out the door with a wolfish grin on his face meanwhile Shiro's confident smile falters.

"What do you want with my sons, they've done nothing wrong?" Shiro inquires as goes to follow Angel out but is stopped by some invisible force.

"Shiro those abominations aren't your children, you don't have children." Antares points out cruelly and they watch as Shiro's eyes grow darker giving off a nefarious glow.

"Antares your being unnecessarily cruel. Shiro…" Raguel starts but is interrupted by Shiro's low throaty growl.

"Release me and leave my sons alone." Shiro growls defensively as his body slowly begins to glow the color of dying embers. The Grigori slowly begin to back away from the red demon as his tail lashes back and forth burning the bottom half of his coat off.

"Shiro this is only making things worse. Quell your rage now!" Enoch commands and Shiro just grins demonically as he burns the circle holding him in the center of the room.

"I will not and cannot allow you to put the boys that I literally died for in mortal danger… So if killing you three is what needs to be done then I shall do it." Shiro threatens as he begins to form a large fireball, but before he can throw it the room is bathed in blue light.

"Eh old man what are you doing?" Rin says in confusion as he appears next to his father.

"I'm going to kill these three to save you and Yukio." Shiro states as he continues glaring at them and Rin couldn't let this happen so he quickly jumps up in front of them.

"Shiro as much as I would love to decapitate these three. I can't let you do that it would only make things worse… Why don't you come with me to Gehenna?" Rin suggests as he stands in front of the Grigori protecting them in case Shiro refuses to listen to him.

"But… but… but you're a demon." Antares stutters out as Rin stands in front of her.

"So, it doesn't mean I'm heartless and as much as I would love to watch you three burn in hellfire that doesn't mean its the right thing… Shiro you need to calm down before I have to get Satan to come drag your cranky old man ass down to Gehenna." Rin shouts down at Shiro who responds by throwing a ball of fire. "So it's gonna be that way… YUKIO!" Rin yells as he uses his own powers to cover the Grigori in a protective shield of blue fire, while Yukio runs out from around a corner with his guns drawn covered in the same blue fire as his brother.

"Rin I want you to call Jephire and get him to distract him; Nerissa and Cordelia put out his flames. Father I really must insist that you come with us to Gehenna it's safe there and you can light all the demons on fire you want." Yukio tries to persuade, but Shiro just continues to growl.

"From wind to rain a fox's help I shall ascertain." Rin mutters and Jephire swirls around him ruffling his hair slightly.

"Master Rin what can I do for you?" Jephire asks pleasantly ever since his master had been returned his mood had been improved greatly.

"I need you to distract Shiro so Yukio can tranquilize him." Rin orders as he calls forth a sword made of nothing else other than blue flames, a very weak imitation of Kurikara and it needs too much concentration. So Rin has to let it dissipate and focus on keeping everyone alive... "Yukio did you fix my sword yet?"

"Rin, I was locked in a cage since about three days ago. When would I have had time to fix your sword? Plus I'm not a black smith so what makes you think I even could?" Yukio shouts back at him as he dodges Shiro's attacks. He shoots a clip of tranquilizers at Shiro but his father was too fast and dodges them all. Yukio takes a deep breath as he takes shelter behind a large pillar as Shiro hurls fireballs at moves in and creates large gusts of wind to draw the demon's attention away so Yukio can reload.

Meanwhile on the other side of the room

Rin's POV

"Jephire assist Yukio as best as you can, and just keep Shiro distracted." Rin says and Jephire nods then swirls around Shiro allowing Yukio a brief break. "Where is my sword when I need it?" He mumbles to himself as he ushers the Grigori out of the room.

'Rin…' A voice whispers in his mind and he turns to face the people he was saving.

"Did you guys say something?" Rin asks and the Grigori just shake their heads in a quick no. At first the demon does nothing but then he realizes that the voice was back… and that sucked. "Just another thing on my list I guess." He thinks out loud, cause seriously he needed to figure out what that was it was starting to drive him nuts… literally.

"Okumura, will you two be all right?" Raguel asks as he observes the demon's facial expressions.

"Yeah we should be okay… hey don't let this affect your opinion of him… he's just very disorientated right now Shiro's not usually like this." Rin says apologetically with a weak smile as he pushes them out, slamming the door behind him locking it. When he turns back around he sees Yukio raised up high being choked by Shiro's clawed hand with a single trickle of blood trailing down from his forehead, kicking desperately to get free and Jephire lying in a corner unconscious.

"Fath...Shiro... stop… I can't…" Yukio stutters trying to catch his breath but Shiro refuses to release his choke hold causing him to pass out. Shiro then gently puts his arms under Yukio's legs carrying him bridal style where he then lays him on the floor gently, keeping him out of the way. Rin watches as Yukio's head rolls to the side and he has to restrain himself from rushing over to his wounded mate.

"He has always been so fragile… he always needed one of us, but then he became an Exorcist and a teacher… an amazing Exorcist at that and I couldn't be more prouder, but then this happened and he had to deal with things he never should have... I should have never hid your heritage from you two and I can't…." Shiro tries to explain, and hesitantly Rin approaches him.

'Rin don't trust him… draw your sword...' The voice from earlier commands and Rin doesn't understand what it means because he didn't have a sword to draw. He never has a sword to draw and that is what confuses Rin the most about this voice because it would always order him to do this when Shima was attacking him… but he doesn't have a sword!

"Shiro please just come with me to Gehenna where you won't be persecuted for being a demon, or at least till you gain…"

"I HAVE CONTROL!" Shiro screams in rage as his flames encompass the entire room making Rin's blue fire look like nothing more than a drop of blue in a sea of blood red flames.

'Draw it now…'

"Please Shiro."

'Rin you must…' The voice insists and Rin can't handle it anymore.

"STOP TELLING ME WHAT TO DO!" Rin shrieks as he sinks to the ground in defeat… he can't do this anymore! Hiding the voice was one thing, the flashbacks of Shima's assault, and controlling Yukio's powers plus now his stepfather's powers as well... it was all too much. "Just stop telling me what to do…" Rin mumbles and Shiro's flames instantly die down at the sound of his son's pain.

"Rin what…"

"Leave me alone! Just everyone leave me alone!" Rin yells loudly as he curls up in a ball tightly. Shiro can feel his demonic side reverting and his normal self coming back as he approaches his frightened son. He can feel his fatherly instincts as he watches his son's will falter.

"Rin?"

"No Shima, don't touch me!" Rin mumbles fearfully as Shiro sits down next to him on the ground.

'I won't hurt you Rin… come to me… draw your sword...' The voice pleads desperately as if it's very life depended on it.

"Musuko come to me." Shiro prods gently and he's not sure if Rin can even hear him because all he does is stay stone still, as if moving might kill him.

"He wants the sword… I don't have a sword, it broke and no one can fix it… Why does he want the sword?" Rin rambles quietly as Shiro pulls the boy into his grip.

"Who wants the sword Rin?" Shiro inquires remembering how Mephisto had shown him Kurikara in pieces.

'Summon the sword Rin…. summon it now.' The voice commands and Rin just looks up to Shiro in a pleading way.

"Make it stop Dad, make it stop." Rin pleads as his eyes roll back into his head as he joins his brother in unconsciousness. Shiro just looks at Rin with fear as he watches the perfectly healthy demon pass out for no foreseen reason.

"Raijin help! I'm fucking serious get your ass here now!" Shiro yells in panic as he picks up Rin and lays him down next to Yukio.

"Shiro Fujimoto what can…"

"Help him, I don't know what's wrong just help him."

"What did you do?" Raijin asks looking around the room and noticing all the scorch marks, plus the man's sons lying unconscious… he had brought Shiro back to help his sons not hurt them.

"Yukio is my fault and he is fine, but Rin I have no clue about… we were talking but then he started shouting about Shima and a voice." Shiro explains quickly as he watches Raijin place a hand to Rin's neck feeling for a pulse. He feels one very faint and it causes him to become alarmed because he was rather healthy a day ago.

"Shima is the boy who bound him and then sexually assaulted him, correct?"

"Yes Yukio told me about how he was held captive for a little over three months and forced to do whatever the human wanted."

"It seems that he is having a mental breakdown of sorts… With the stress of breaking the sword, plus you and Yukio's lack of control, and now this it has put too much stress on his mind and body so now he has collapsed." Raijin explains as he puts his hand to Rin's forehead feeling how cold it is. "Shiro I'm taking him to Gehenna, Satan will know much more about this than I."

"No."

"Shiro what do you mean no?"

"I mean let's take them to Amaimon first, he has been known to heal demons."

"Shiro, I may have or may not have injured him."

"I see… let's take them to the dormitory and I will deal with it tomorrow." Shiro orders and Raijin nods quickly as he transports all four of them to the dorm room.

In the dorm

"Shiro where should I put Rin?" Raijin asks seeing the two separate beds.

"Put him on Yukio's bed, it's most likely where they would have slept anyways." Shiro says with a sigh as he watches Raijin lay Rin down gently onto the freshly made sheets. Raijin then removes the boy's school clothing leaving him in nothing more than boxers. Shiro then places Yukio down next to him after removing most of the boy's clothing leaving him in his boxer's and undershirt. Raijin watches as Shiro lovingly pulls the covers up over the twins and then sits on the desk across the room by the open window. Shiro sighs heavily then pulls out a back of cigarettes and lites one; he then offers one to Raijin who smiles politely but declines.

"So Mr. Fujimoto what shall you do now?" Raijin asks knowing the demon was in a difficult situation, having threatened the Grigori so thoroughly the demon is sure to be hunted.

"I will…. I…" Shiro stutters knowing that thanks to this little stunt he will be hunted by the Knights of the True Cross, he takes a long drag from the cigarette before answering. "You know this is exactly the kind of thing I would have expected Rin to do."

"Yes… he does have the tendency to be…" Raijin says with a small chuckle, but stops not knowing the correct word to describe the demonic prince.

"Irrational, explosive, and disobedient." Shiro finishes and Raijin smiles slightly. "An I.E.D if I ever saw one."

"He gets it from his fathers." Raijin states and Shiro looks at him with confusion.

"Fathers?"

"Yes Satan and you… Shiro you are as much as that boy's father as my brother is, if not more. Rin has always looked up to you and I bet even after this he will…" Raijin answers and watches as Shiro takes a lazy drag on the cigarette putting it out on the window sill. "Get some sleep Shiro, I'll come check on them in the morning, and I'll make sure my brother stops by."

"Alright, and I can't thank you enough for this…" Shiro says in gratitude.

"It is nothing Shiro, a father never abandons his children even when they've disappointed him." Raijin mutters as he disappears leaving Shiro in the dark light-less room with those last few words echoing through his mind. They make him chuckle ironically because he had used that very same phrase on Rin when he had to be taken home from school early because he had gotten into another fight. Shiro says nothing as he walks over to the bed where they were resting and places a single kiss upon both of their foreheads; he watches as Yukio rolls over slightly, pulling Rin close to him. Yukio would do that as a child when he got frightened by a loud noise or a scary movie… he always pulled Rin closer even after he found out what his brother was.

"I guess something never change…" Shiro murmurs as he walks over to the other bed and lies down falling into a light sleep, where his dreams are filled with nothing but the good times of the boy's childhood.