AN: This thing broke like 5 times during editing and I had to restar SEVERAL times. Editing took a LOT longer than it should have. Anyway, hope you enjoy!
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[ Present Day, The Day after David's appearance at the Monastery ]
[ In Assiah, The Monastery ]
When Rin awoke, he was really starting to worry. Yukio, who had disappeared without a trace, still hasn't returned and Fujimoto never came back with the other four priests like he said he would. Rin had tried to call up Yukio's cell, but it just went directly to voicemail. He also tried to call Fujimoto, but that didn't work either. Currently, Rin was pacing back and forth in the kitchen, idling playing with Moon Stone in his pocket as he wondered where everyone was. Dugo was sitting at the kitchen table, watching Rin worry.
"Where the hell are they? Shouldn't they be back by now?" Rin asked. However, Dugo just shrugged. It wasn't long before the phone rang and Rin practically tackled the damned thing to pick it up. "Hello?" Rin said, talking into the phone.
"Rin! How are you guys holding up?" It was Fujimoto.
"What do you mean how have I been holding up?! You guys left us here alone! Plus you said you would be back yesterday!"
"I'm sorry! Something major came up. Theres this big infestation down in Kyoto. Anyway, how are you, Dugo, and Yukio?" However Rin was puzzled by the question.
"What do you mean Yukio? Isn't he with you?"
"What? No."
"Oh… Yesterday he just took off without a word. I had assumed he had gone to wherever you did."
"Well did you call him?" Fujimoto asked.
"Of course! But his phone's off."
"And how long has he been gone?"
"Since yesterday morning."
"That's very unlike Yukio. And he didn't say ANYTHING about where he was going?"
"Nope, just up and left."
"Strange… I'll send some people to look for him. In the meantime, me and the others are almost finished up here, so be expecting us for dinner tonight, okay?" Looking at the time, Rin saw that it was only 3pm, so his father would be home soon, by the sound of it.
"Got it. See you then." Hanging up the phone Dugo asked,
"So, when they coming home?"
"They said they'd be home for dinner." Rin said, calming down a bit.
"Okay. So what do you want to do until then?" Except before Rin could respond, a different voice spoke up. One that Rin had learned to dread.
"How about we play a little game called, hand over the Moon Stone?" Turning to the kitchen door, Rin saw Sophie staring daggers at him. Instantly, Dugo had jumped from his chair and took refuge behind Rin.
"The hell are you doing here Sophie?" Rin asked, snarling at her.
"I came for that little stone David gave you! If you don't want to give it willingly I could always recite the mantra and just take it from you while you squirm in pain." Rin briefly flickered his gaze towards Dugo, remembering that he also had a tail binding on. After a long pause, Rin took out the stone from his pocket.
"Nii-san? What is that? And who's David?"
"I'll explain later." Rin replied. Rin was about to toss the stone at Sophie when another unexpected voice broke in.
"Don't do it Rin." Out of literally thin air, David appeared, leaning up against the fridge. Rin looked at the boy dumbfounded. Sophie herself was a little surprised to.
"The hell?! Why is everyone in my house? And how as a matter of fact?!" However, nobody answered his questions. Instead Sophie and David stared at each other from across the room.
"Hey David! Long time no see!" Sophie finally said, smiling.
"Likewise. Now, I doubt you came alone. Where's your entourage?"
"As perceptive as ever I see!" Sophie replied, snapping her fingers as she did so. Rin counted 5 Satanists as they entered the kitchen one by one, guns raised at the three demons.
"Nii-san, I thought you said they couldn't get back here…" Dugo said, clutching Rin tighter. However, Rin didn't respond to Dugo, not knowing what to say. He HAD said that.
"Rin," David said, speaking up. "Don't give her the stone. That's the only thing stopping her from-" However, before he could further explain, Sophie cut him off.
"Rin, just cough up the damn rock." Sophie said, her voice losing all the fun and playfulness it usually had. "If you don't I'll just recite the mantra." Rin growled at her, but did as she said. As soon as Rin threw the Moon Stone at the her. Something very strange happened. A great, blinding light encased the entire room. Everyone in the room looked away, the light hurting their eyes. Sophie was could hear the Moon Stone fall to the floor and the sound of a door down the hallway slam closed. And as soon it had come, the light faded away. Leaving Sophie and her group alone in the kitchen, with Dugo Rin and David nowhere to be seen.
[ In Assiah, Location Unknown ]
The sudden flash had startled the crap out of Rin and Dugo, but that didn't stop David from grabbing both of them by the hand and quickly dragging them out of the room. Swiftly, David had taken them down the hall, insert a key into the doors lock, opened the door, shoved the two inside, and walked in after them, slamming the door behind him. It had all happened so suddenly, Rin was completely flustered. However, Dugo on the other hand, was just flat out scared. He was so scared, in fact, that tears began to well up in his eyes. Noticing, Rin crouched down, hugging the kid. He allowed his flames to envelope the small child. Dugo could feel the warmness of Rin's flames.
"Calm down Dugo. It's okay. David here is a good guy. He's not gonna hurt us." As he tried to soothe the boy, Rin ruffled his hair and allowed his tail to lightly play with Dugo's.
"Okay..." Dugo said, sniffling. Releasing Dugo from his hug, Rin looked towards David.
"David?" Rin asked, "Where the heck are we?" Rin looked around and found himself in a small, yellow room. The walls were bare and there were no windows. The only things in the room was a small bed and a dresser next to it.
"This is my base. To be more specific, it's my room in my base."
"Okay…? Whatever, just start from the beginning."
"Excuse me?" David asked.
"Tell us what the fuck is going on!" Rin yelled a little angrily. Sighing, David said,
"Fine. Well… where to start…."
"W-Who are you….?" asked Dugo shyly. It had momentarily slipped Rin's mind that Dugo hadn't met David before.
"Oh, I'm sorry Dugo. This is David. I met him last night, while you were asleep. All I know about him is that he's branded, just like us." Dugo's eyes widened a little in surprise, and when he looked over at David for confirmation, David lifted up his shirt enough to reveal his golden brand. "Other than that, I don't know much about him. Our conversation was very short."
"Well, now that we have time, I guess I can explain everything. The only thing that you may not have known about me is that I'm the son of Lucifer, Demon King of Light."
"That would explain the golden brand alright." Rin said, nodding slightly.
"Yea. I have many powers over light and the such. I'd like to say I've gotten pretty good at it. I learned that by manipulating the visible light spectrum, I could make myself and the things around me invisible."
"So… that's how you were in the kitchen…" Dugo said.
"Yep. I actually needed to get you two out of the monastery so I devised a small little plan. I made sure Sophie knew I gave you the 'Moon Stone' and then made my way to her current base and hid while invisible. Once she managed to get a key to the monastery, I just snuck in with her group. Pretty ingenious if I do say so myself!" David said, looking smug.
"That's all fine and dandy, but why did you need to get us out? Do you know what Sophie's planning?" Rin asked the golden haired boy.
"In fact, I do. Heres the story…." It took around a half hour, but David explained himself to the two boys. He told them about his past, Sophie finding him, training him, and then finally about the Stones and what would happen when they meet.
"They call it the 'Dawning'," said David, "and when it comes about, everyone with a brand will fall under Sophie's complete and utter control." Rin looked mortified, and Dugo, sadly, looked like he was on the edge of tears.
"And I just gave her the Moon Stone…" Rin said. However, this earned him a burst of laughter from David.
"Like hell you did! I hid the Moon Stone a LONG time ago. That was just a cheap imitation. Once she finds out though, she won't be at all happy." Rin sighed in relief at this.
"Wait then why'd you sound so serious when you said 'Don't give her it!'?"
"To add affect? She needed to be convinced it was the real stone." Replied David.
"I see..."
"S-So… how did you know about us…?" Dugo called out.
"Well, Rin wasn't that much of a secret. Once the vatican took him captive, the news kinda exploded everywhere through the order. A friend of mine is close to someone in the order and I heard about you from them. So, naturally, I snuck into the vatican and found you. I sat with you, outside of your cell, for most of your time there."
"So, you're a stalker?" Rin asked, creeped out by David having watched him.
"No, I was just making sure that nobody hurt you. You're probably the only one strong enough to crack the Moon Stone."
"Crack the Moon Stone?" Rin asked.
"Yes, but that won't be for awhile. From what I gather, you have very little control of your powers. You'll need to get much stronger than you currently are if you ever hope to stop Sophie's plan." Rin stared at the guy for a bit, but then he turned around towards the door motioning for them to follow. "Come on, Let's eat dinner, I'm starving."
"Do you have anything spicy?" Interjected Dugo, quietly. David just opened the door and walked out, not responding. The two of them followed David down a small blank hallway. It was bare, just like his room was. No windows, nothing hanging up on them. The only other thing that was there were roughly 9 other doors.
"Are these all rooms?" Rin asked.
"Yes. Currently, I have a group of 3 marked, including myself, living here. You two will be staying here as well, considering how easily Sophie got into the monastery."
"But what about the exorcists? Surely, they will put me on there 'To Kill' list."
"You're scared of a few exorcists?" David said, barely holding back a laugh.
"No," replied Rin. "Just their mantras…."
"Oh that's right. I forgot you two have tail bindings. Don't worry! I'm sure we can find a way to get them off."
"It's not going to be that easy. Apparently Sophie altered them. If you try to take them off without using the release phrase, then it will activate."
"Well that sucks." Was all David said in reply. Now at the end of the hallway, the three of them entered a giant ass… cave? Yes, that's what it looked like. The walls were completely made of rock and stalagmites came down in various parts of the ceiling. Dugo and Rin looked around in awe.
"Yea, one of the others who stay here is a daughter of Amaimon. She created this little underground base. She was also able to bring down a working kitchen, a bathroom, and all the bedrooms." As he looked around, Rin found that the entire room was lit up by electric lights. Continuing his surveillance of the room, he saw a small living area with a couch and a tv. On the other side of the cave, there was a kitchen and dining area.
"Wow… this place is amazing! Where do you get the power for the lights?"
"Oh, we get our electricity and water supply from the building that is built roughly 400 feet above us. It's some big corporation building. They have no idea we are sapping their power or water! Not sure how long that will last though."
"That's totally amazing!"
"How do you get out?" Dugo asked, noticing no exists.
"Just keys. I tolf you my friend's friend was in the order right? He pulled some strings and was able to secretly make 10 keys that led here. Before we had the keys, Emily had to dig us out and they re-bury the hole. It was such a hassle." David replied. David lead them through the nice, huge cave and into the kitchen area. "So, what do you guys want to eat? All I can really make you is rice and or spaghetti."
"What?! That's all you have?" Rin asked, astonished.
"No!" replied David. "I just can't cook for shit."
"Then step aside! I'll be cooking."
"Be my guest!" David said, stepping aside so Rin could look through the cabinets and fridge to check out their ingredients.
"Where do you get all the food?" asked Dugo, seeing the fridge fully stocked.
"Well, Sophie doesn't actually care about the people she brands, so she lets us back into society. The other two, Emily and Jacob, are currently out working. Since we sap electricity and water from above and since we technically aren't a piece of property, we don't need money for anything but food."
"I see." said Dugo, staring up at David, studying him.
"Hey, out of curiosity," said Rin, as he pulled out a pan and placed in onto the stove. "Do you guys have a bath here?"
"Yea, but it's all cold water. We don't seem to be able to get any hot water from up above." Suddenly everyone in the room made the same face at once. They had all had the same idea. They spoke in unison.
"You and Dugo could heat it!" said David.
"Me and Rin could heat it!" said Dugo.
"Me and Dugo could heat it!" said Rin. Afterwards they all burst into laughter, finding the incident hilarious.
"No, but seriously, could you guys? I don't remember the last time I had an enjoyable soak."
"Yea no problem." replied Rin.
"Oh! I almost forgot. We only have one bath, so nobody's allowed to go in there when Emily takes a bath."
"Obviously." Rin could feel an immediate bond form between him and David. He could tell that they would be good friends. "Anyway, you guys can sit down, this'll be done in a few minutes."
"Okay…" said Dugo, as he walked over to dining area with David. Sitting down, David tried to strike up a conversation with Dugo.
"So, Dugo, how old are you?"
"Eight." he replied, emotionless.
"Okay… what do you like to do for fun?"
"Burn things."
"Oh, that's right you're the son of Iblis, correct? That's cool." However, Dugo didn't respond, he just stared at David with his piercing, red eyes. The boy's gaze unsettled David ever so slightly. "Dugo? You okay? You're barely talkin." However, Dugo continued to just look at the boy, not bothering to respond.
"Food's ready!" called Rin. He brought over the pan he had been cooking a stir fry in and spread the food onto everyone's plates. After he did so, he searched and found some barbecue sauce for Dugo to pour over his to make it 'one thousand times better'. Sitting down, Rin clapped his hands together saying, "Itadakimasu!" Rin watched as David tore into his food quickly, practically inhaling it. 'WOW he must've been hungry.' Rin followed suit, started to eat his meal, but noticed that all Dugo was doing was staring at David. He hadn't even touched his food.
"You know, Dugo," Rin said, "If you don't eat it soon, it'll get cold." However, Dugo ignored him, focusing all of his attention on David. Suddenly, Dugo's eyes grew wide in realization.
"So that's we I saw him before…" Dugo muttered to himself. Rin just looked at him curiously, but Dugo commenced eating, so he decided to let it. It wasn't that long into their meal, when they heard a door slam and a high pitched girl screeching in anger.
"GOD! I could just kill her! She's so annoying! 'Emily do this!' 'Emily do that!' Ughh she doesn't even let me take a break! I was I could be HER boss for a day! GOD! I'd show her!" The girl named Emily came out of the bedroom hallway into the main cave area. She had long brown hair and brown eyes. Her complexion was silky smooth and Rin was personally blown away by her good looks. Following behind her was a guy, Rin assumed this to be Jacob. He was tall and short black hair, similar to Dugo's. His eyes were a deep ocean blue and Rin thought that he looked a little like a nerd considering the glasses he wore. "Oh, hey there. Didn't think you'd be back with them yet." Emily said looking towards David. Quickly making their way through the cave, Emily took Rin's hand shaking it fiercely. "Hi! My names Emily! It's so nice to meet you!"
"U-Uh.. Nice to meet you to!" Rin said, blushing. She quickly moved onto Dugo, doing the same thing to him.
"And you're Dugo right?! How nice! You're so adorable!"
"HEY! Don't call me adorable!" Dugo said, glaring at her. However she just giggled.
"And I'm Jacob," Jacob extended his hand out to Rin's rather than just grabbing it. Rin grabbed it, shaking it.
"Rin. Nice to meet you." Rin could tell that his flames were unsettling Jacob, because he kept eyeing them. He also barely shook his hand and let go of it very fast. He went over and shook Dugo's hand as well.
"I may have already said this, but," said David, "Emily here is the daughter of Amaimon. She's the one who built this awesome base. And Jacob here is the son of Egyn, Demon King of Water.
"Of water?" Dugo said, his face falling into a small frown. "Hmph…." He pouted. Jacob sighed, fearing that this might be the case. Water and Fire just didn't mix.
"Anyway," Rin said, "We just started dinner. Are you guys hungry? I can whip you up something." Emily started nodding her head before Rin could even finished the question.
"YES! I'm starved! My boss works me to the bone!" Rin got up and walked over to the kitchen, calling back to her,
"Where do you work anyway? David told me you and Jacob had jobs, but where?"
"Well, I work at this terrible little clothing store, but it has good enough pay, so it's whatever. On the other hand, Jacob works at the zoo."
"Oh, that's cool. I could never hold down a job, back before all this demon stuff happened. I was too clumsy and always had accidents. Sometimes I also just skipped a day and got fired. I'm so bad at working." Rin called back, laughing. After he had whipped up two more plates of stir fry, Rin served Emily and Jacob and all five of them continued their meal. Everyyone was smiling and laughing and joking. Rin couldn't help but feel as if he was apart of a sort of makeshift family. A strange, demonic, makeshift family. And he enjoyed the feeling very much. 'This feels… right. Even though I barely know these guys other than Dugo, I feel like I belong here.'
[ In Assiah, The Monastery ]
Fujimoto had returned roughly two hours too late. When he and the other priests came back to the monastery, they found it ransacked and destroyed. Rin and Dugo were gone and everything that could have been broken, was.
"What the heck happened here?" Fujimoto said, standing in between some of the pews in the main hall. All the windows were shattered, every light was broken, and sow of the pews had been ripped out of the floorboards and thrown across the room.
"I don't know, but we can't keep this one a secret. I believe we need to call in the Vatican." Fujimoto continued to observe the wreckage. He sighed. He knew Nagatomo was right, but he didn't like it. The Grigori would believe Rin had done all of this and escaped, rather than him being captured. Although, he himself didn't even know exactly what happened. Sighing once more, Fujimoto spoke up to Nagatomo.
"Fine, call them in." As Nagatomo walked away, Fujimoto was muttering to himself. "I knew we should have made the barrier impervious to key transportation…" Fujimoto made his way through the rest of the monastery and discovered that every part of it was as broken and destroyed as the main hall. "Dammit…" Soon enough a team of exorcists had arrived, here to aid in the clean up. Meanwhile, Fujimoto was being questioned by one of them, instead of helping clean up.
"Paladin. What exactly happened here?"
"I have no clue. I came home and it was like this."
"Where is Satan's spawn now?" The question irked Fujimoto greatly.
"He has a name! And it's Rin! As to where he is, I haven't a clue."
"I see. Do you believe you son did all of this?" The exorcist asked, motioning to everything that was broken.
"Not in the slightest. He's more well behaved then that. He was only rabid because a demon was influencing before. However, now that that can't happen, I seriously doubt it was him."
"And I believe there was another boy living with you? One that nobody seemed to claim."
"Yes his name is Dugo. He disappeared along with Rin." The exorcist scribbled some stuff down into his little notebook, then gave Fujimoto a polite bow, and walked away, saying,
"I must go report my finds to the Grigori. I will call with the Grigori's decision on the matter."
"Decision? What's there to decide?" Fujimoto called after the man. However, without turning around, the man called back,
"Whether or not to kill Rin Okumura on sight." Without another word, the man disappeared through a doorway, that Fujimoto expected he used a key to open. In a slight rage, Fujimoto slammed his foot against some of the broken pews.
"Dammit! Why did the Vatican send us all on that mission? And where the hell is Yukio?!" Fujimoto started raving to himself. He was so pissed. Too many times had Rin slipped away from him and he wasn't able to protect him. Fujimoto realized that he had been given many chances to save and protect Rin, and each time he ruined it. It was never able to truly keep his son safe. And now he feared that this may have been his last chance… and he blew it.
A few hours later, the Exorcist called back, just like he said he would. Fujimoto was hoping for decent news. However, he got the opposite of what he wanted.
"The Grigori have ordered the death of Rin Okumura. If anyone sees him they are to kill him on sight. Those who shelter him will be taken as enemies of the Order and killed along with him. I'm sorry." Fujimoto didn't respond to the man. He was physically unable to. In a rage, Fujimoto threw his phone as hard as he could against the wall. It shattered it pieces. He punched and kicked the wall repeatedly, trying to release all the pent up emotions inside of him. Although, eventually he gave up, falling to the floor, small tears trickling down his face. Rin was gone, once again, but this time, if he came back, he would die. And to top it all off, Yukio was missing too. Nothing had gone Fujimoto's way all day.
AN: HEY ALLLLLLLLLLL I HAVE NOTHING TO PUT HERE LALALALALALALLA :P Hope you liked! Ty for reading!