AN: I AM THE WORST! THERE WASN'T A SINGLE UPDATE OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEK! AND THIS ONE IS SHORT! I told myself I HAD to get one up NOW and then when Sunday comes around, put up another one. I'm so sorry everyone! I need to update more! D:


[ In Assiah, Central Park ]

As Rin and Dugo stepped into the sunlight, they relished in it. It had been roughly two days since they had been out of the cave, but that was still long enough to make them miss the sun. The park was mostly empty, but there were some people walking by, some joggers and two children with their parents. Looking around, Rin saw that the park was huge. There were some swings, a jungle gym, some slides, foursquare, a volleyball net, and even some small shacks that sold food and drinks. Rin quickly looked behind him and saw that they had all stepped out the front door of a 'Service Center'.

"Wow. Where are we? I've never been to this park before." said Rin.

"Really? Wow, you must not get out much! This is Central Park. Well, a re-creation of it anyway. Central Park is a park located in the town of New York City in the US. Japan decided to make their own version of it, copying the main layout. This is one of the 21 areas made especially for kids." replied David. Rin was about to yell at him, asking if he was implying that Rin was a kid, but Dugo spoke up before he could say anything.

"Nii-san!" said Dugo, practically squealing. "Look! They have swings!" He swiveled on his feet so that he was facing Rin. "Can we go on them?!" Chuckling, Rin replied,

"Of course! I'll race ya!" Rin got down into a running position and Dugo mimicked him, accepting his challenge. "Okay, you ready? 3…. 2…." "

Stop!" interrupted Emily.

"What!?" complained Rin.

"Tuck in you tails idiots! You can't just leave them out like you do back in the cave."

"Why?" asked Dugo innocently, as he and Rin did as they were told, concealing their tails.

"Incase an exorcist walks by. It'll be sure to grab their attention."

"Got it! Now, can we go?" asked Rin, anxious to run around.

"Be my guest." said Emily, motioning towards the park. Dugo and Rin returned to their running positions and, after Rin counted down to zero, they took off. Once they were safely out of earshot, David spoke up,

"Em, do you think it's safe to let them be here?"

"Yea, it'll be fine. We're both here in case something goes down. Those exorcists can't take on all of us, ya know."

"But you're injured!"

"Injury, shminjury. I'm fine! Now come on, we shouldn't be too far off from them, we need to keep an eye on them." Looking over the two of them saw Rin and Dugo swinging on the swings, competing to see who could get higher. Currently, they were both going as high a the swings would let them, and were contemplating flipping over the metal bar they swung from. Watching them, David sighed.

"I don't know him that well, but Rin seems more childish than I first interpreted."

"Nah, I think he's just having fun. Which, now that I think about it, we should be having too. Come on! Let's go swing on the swings with them." Even though she was limping, Emily started making her way to the swings.

"What? No! I'm not going to play on some dumb swings. I'm just here to watch over Rin and Dugo and make sure nothing happens to them."

"Uh huh. Sure. Let me know how that goes!" Emily said, sarcastically, as she walked off to join Rin and Dugo. After a short time, David followed her, taking the swing next to her. After a few hours of jumping from one thing in the park to the next, the four half-demons quickly became tired. The last thing they did was use their super strength to spin the merry-go-round (1) as fast as possible and see who could stay on the longest. Surprisingly, it was Dugo. Soon afterwards, the four walking, smiling and giggling, to one of the small 'snack shacks' and bought some bottled waters. They also purchased a snack each, except for Dugo, who didn't think anything they had would be spicy enough.

"This is an amazing pretzel!" said David, biting into the soft bread pretzel he had ordered. "

Not as good as this smoothie!" said Emily, rubbing it in David's face.

"You guys are so childish!" Rin commented, watching the two gloat about their snacks.

"Whatever!" Emily said, punching Rin in the arm as she did so. "Let's just go find a table and sit down. I'm tired!" The group nodded in agreement. It was already 2pm, and they had been running, jumping, and playing the whole time. As they walked, Rin noticed that the visitors of the park had significantly increased since 11am, with kids running around everywhere. The four quickly made their way to a nearby table and sat down, most of them drinking their waters.

"Damn, it's hot!" Rin exclaimed.

"Rin!" Emily said, smacking his hand.

"What?" She pointed at Dugo.

"Oh, sorry."

"Anyway!" Emily said, changing the subject, "What do you guys want to do next? There's the climbing tower, foursquare, and OOH! We haven't done the monkey bars yet!"

"I swear, you really are a kid!" Rin said, laughing.

"Oh shut up! It's not my fault I like parks!"

"Sure, Sure! Whatever floats your boat!"

"I like monkey bars!" said Dugo, slamming his fist on the table, a smile on his face. Chuckling, David replied,

"Okay! Okay! Monkeybars it is!" After they finished up with their refreshments, the four slowly made their way to the monkeybars, swerving in and out of the children, and their parents, that were running around. As they walked, David had a hushed conversation with Emily, that only they could hear.

"So, do you think anyone noticed us from the news?" he asked, whispering. "

Nah, I think we're fine. What I'm more worried about are the exorcists. With Rin on the kill list, they probably told tons of exorcists his mantra. He and Dugo with be practically defenseless if one shows up."

"Well that's why we're here. We need Rin if we want to put a stop to Sophie's plans. Hopefully he can break the Moon Stone."

"Do you think he can ever do it? You yourself have tried it hundreds of times! And currently, in his current state, Rin isn't nearly as strong as you. He may be able to control his flames, but their not at their fullest potential yet."

"I think he can do it, but it will take time and proper training. Plus, he IS the son of Satan. If anyone in Assiah has enough strength to break it, it's him."

"What about the demon kings?" asked Emily. "There plenty powerful. Shouldn't they be able to break it?"

"I've thought the same thing, but first, what demon king would want to help us, and second, it was a demon king who created it, so they probably took precautionary measures to make sure other kings didn't destroy it."

"Wait a minute. You told me that it was made by Leonardo DaVinci!" exclaimed Emily in surprise.

"What? I didn't tell you? Sorry. When I was doing my monthly attempt at breaking it two weeks ago, I discovered something on the surface that wasn't there before. It was just a strange insignia. I had no idea what it was, but it looked kinda like a demon wielding a scythe. Anyway, I dug into some research and it turns out that it's believed that each demon king has their own insignia or symbol. None have been confirmed or assigned to the kings, but the one on the Moon Stone matched one of the ones on the list. While DaVinci designed the stone, he used to the power of a demon king to do it." Emily stared at him, a look of pure rage across her face.

"And when were you planning on telling us this?!" "

I-I don't know. It kinda slipped my mind…" David said, rubbing his head as he did so. As they reached the monkey bars, Emily cut off the conversation. "You are going to explain everything later," Emily said in a stern voice.

"For now, let's just enjoy ourselves."

"Okay…" David responded. Stopping his whispering David spoke up so that Rin and Dugo could hear him. "Bet I can get across faster than you two!" Running past the two of them, David jumped onto the monkey bars, swinging from one to another.

"Hey! No fair! You got a head start!" complained Rin, hoisting himself up onto the bars, chasing after David. Dugo was next, followed by Emily, who had a huge, gleeful smile on her face. The four of them went back and forth swinging on the monkey bars, for awhile, until Rin and David got into an argument about who went across faster. "No way man! I did way faster than you!" Rin said, raising his fist in a threatening manner.

"Ha! Yea right! You were wayyyy slower than me! It's not even close!" David replied, his arms crossed across his chest.

"Why don't you guys just time it? Rin can go first, I'll count how long it takes. Then David will go, and I'll count his time. Whoever has the better time wins." offered Emily.

"I'll accept that." said David. "

Yea, fine, whatever." replied Rin, as he took his place at the beginning of the monkey bars.

"Okay! You'll go when I say 'Go', got it?" "

Yea yea! Just count down already!" Rin said.

"3...2...1… GO!" As soon as she said the word, Rin took off, swinging from bar to bar, going as fast as he could physically go. As he did so, Emily counted his time in her head. He was able to make it across the long, winding set of bars in 4 seconds flat. When he finished, Emily called out to him,

"4 seconds! Nice going!"

"Nice Nii-san! You were really fast!" Dugo yelled.

"You thought that was fast?" asked David. "Well watch this!" he said, as he lined up at the start of the monkey bars. "Countdown, Emily!"

"Hey! Don't tell me what to do!" She yelled, but did as he asked. "3...2...1… GO!" Rin, Emily, and Dugo watched as David swung across, taking two bars at a time. Although, Rin noticed his speed wasn't as fast. Quickly, David landed next to him, at the end of the monkey bars.

"6 seconds! Turns out Rin really was faster!" Emily said, as she and Dugo walked over to the two.

"What?!" David said. "No way! That's total bull sh-taki mushrooms." David was about to say a more vulgar word, but realised Dugo was with them and they were out in public.

"Ha! What's that?" mocked Rin, sticking his tongue out like a child.

"Hey! Screw you!" David countered, but Rin just laughed at him. As the four of them talked and laughed by the monkey bars, what none of them noticed, was a nearby priest talking on a cell phone in a hushed tone.

"Fujimoto?! It's Rin! He's in the re-creation of Central Park! Hurry!"


[ In Assiah, Central Park ]

Fujimoto got the call just as he was about to go out in search of David, so that he could question him. However, once Nagatomo said Rin's name and a location, Fujimoto had his keys out searching for the one he KNEW was connected to Central Park. Once he found it, he inserted the key, and threw open the door, hurrying into the park. Still on the phone with Nagatomo, Fujimoto said,

"Where is he?"

"He's over by the monkey bars. He's with Dugo and two others. I don't know who they are, but Rin seems fine around them."

"Does he still has the tail binding on?"

"I can't tell. He's tucked in his tail for once."

"Thank you Nagatomo. I see him now. I'm going in." Fujimoto ended the call without waiting for a response. However, as he started to draw closer, he began to make out the two people standing next to him and Dugo. It was David and the girl from the news story. 'What the hell is Rin doing with them?' Quickly, Fujimoto made his way to the group, and when he was 10 feet away, he called out to Rin.

"Rin!" It caused all four of them to snap out of their conversation and look to Fujimoto.

"Dad!" Rin went to go to Fujimoto, about to embrace him in a hug, but David held him back.

"No Rin. Stay back."

"What? Why? He's my old man, get out of the way!" Rin tried to force himself past David, but David easily held him back.

"He might be your old man, but he's an exorcist all the same. He knows the mantra and you're on their to kill list Rin. I'm sorry. Emily, get Rin and Dugo out of here." Rin briefly wondered how David knew he was an exorcist, but Fujimoto's outfit and pin kind of gave it away. Emily gripped Rin's arm and went to take him away, but Fujimoto spoke up again.

"Rin, don't listen to them. I'm not going to kill you!"

"Rin, he's lying. He's just a filthy exorcist." David said. Rin was conflicted. He trusted David a lot, considering he saved him from Sophie, but at the same time he trusted Fujimoto, because he was his father.

"I just want to protect you Rin!" Fujimoto yelled.

"If thats true, then you should let him come with us. We can protect him far better than you can." said Emily, speaking up.

"David, just let Rin come back with me. He's my son, I will protect him." David stared cold eyes at the priest, his eyebrow raising in question.

"Nobody here ever said my name. How do you know it?" Even Rin questioned this. It was a fair point. Fujimoto just stared at them, looking like a deer caught in headlights.

"Old man? Answer his question." said Rin, hopping

"I can explain everything, but for now, Rin and Dugo, just come with me."

"Like hell they're going with you!" David yelled.

"Emily, seriously, get Rin and Dugo out of here." Emily started to drag Rin away, and this time he didn't struggle. He just kept staring baffled at Fujimoto. 'How did he know David's name? And why was he being so mysterious?' Rin thought. Fujimoto watched as Rin was taken away, and he went to stop Emily, but when he moved, David growled at him,

"Don't move. You have some explaining to do."

"Where is she taking Rin?"

"Somewhere save. Now, tell me, how do you know my name?" Fujimoto stared at the young man. He decided it would be better to not answer his question.

"I'm not going to answer you until you give me back my son."

"Rin is much safer with us then he is with you. Sophie has no idea where we live." Fujimoto stared angrily at the young man, but realized he may be right. With Sophie now having a key to the monastery, it wouldn't be safe anymore. He could take Rin to the warehouse, but he didn't want to deactivate the barrier that is set up around the place. The only other way for Rin to get in, besides deactivating the barrier, would be to use a key, but he loaned his key to the warehouse to Izumi. Sighing, Fujimoto gave up. However, since he couldn't get Rin back, he was determined to get Yukio back.

"Fine. Keep Rin and Dugo with you. Please, make sure they stay safe. On an unrelated note," suddenly Fujimoto's voice turned harsh and cruel as he finished his question, "where's the Moon Stone, David?" "

The Moon Stone? You're after the Moon Stone?"

"Yes. Now, where did you hide it." Without even noticing him having done it, David saw Fujimoto had raised his shotgun and had it aimed straight at his chest. David knew he could block the priests bullets, but they were in a public place, so he didn't want to use his powers. 'Wait a minute! He has a gun and NOBODY has seen it and run away panicking?!' Finally, David spoke up,

"I'm not telling you. I stole that stone from Sophie and I-" David cut himself off, as something suddenly clicked in his brain and he got very defensive. "Wait a minute… Only one person knows I have the stone. And that would be Sophie." David said, backing away. "You're a Satanist."

"What? No, I'm not!"

"Yea you are. Nobody else would know that I have it. Tell your leader that I'm not giving up the Moon Stone, ever." Sighing, David continued, "It's going to crush Rin to find out his dad is a Satanist."

"But, I'm not a Satanist!" Fujimoto said, but it was too late. Bending the light around him, David became invisible and fled the scene.


[ In Assiah, The Cave ]

Rin and Dugo returned with Emily as instructed. Rin, however, was very shaken up. He hadn't seen his dad in, what felt like ages, and now he sees him, randomly, at the park. However, David didn't seem to think he was trustworthy. Rin didn't say a word as he sat down on the couch and lost himself in his thoughts. 'This just has to be a misunderstanding. My old man wouldn't hurt me… right? David seemed to think so… And how did he know David's name?' Rin was too far lost in his though to notice as Dugo sat next to him, revealing his tail, and wrapping it around Rin's waist to comfort him. It wasn't long, however, before David returned, coming out of the bedroom hallway. Instantly, Rin got up and rushed to him, asking,

"What happened? What did my dad say?" David was about to ask how Rin knew he and Fujimoto had had a conversation, but it was easy to assume that that is what happened, considering that he had been gone for a little while longer than the others.

"Rin, you might want to sit down." Rin, nevertheless, remained standing. Urgently, he said,

"What do you mean?" Sighing, David said,

"I'm sorry Rin, but… Your dad… he's… a Satanist."

"What?" Rin stared at him in disbelief. He trusted David, so he wanted to believe that statement, but it was so hard to considering what is was. When David didn't respond to his question, Rin continued, "No. No, your wrong. H-He can't be…"

"I'm sorry but he is. It would explain how he knows my name. Plus he confirmed it when he asked about the Moon Stone, during our conversation. Only Sophie and the five of us who live here know that I have it. Sophie must've told him and why would she do that if he didn't work for her?" Rin took in the words but didn't seem to be able comprehend them. Rin's mind boggled, struggling to grasp the concept. 'The old man… a Satanist…?' Rin looked up to David and asked,

"If he really is a Satanist, how come he didn't use the mantra?"

"Probably to gain your trust? Plus he probably does care about you, you are his son, after all. But he is not to be trusted Rin, I'm sorry." Rin stared at David with a crushed look on his face. Rin looked like his whole world had just come crumbling down.

"I-I… I think I just need some time to myself…." Slowly, Rin past David and made his way to his room. Once inside, he hopped into bed and slumped under the covers. Rin heard a knocking at the door, but didn't respond to it. He didn't really care about it right now. Soon, after he refused to answer after 3 polite knocks, Dugo entered his room.

"Nii-san? Are you okay?"

"I don't know, Dugo. I don't know…" Dugo made his way over to Rin and climbed into bed with him, wanting to try and calm the half-demon teen. The two of them laid there in silence while Rin racked his brain, trying to figure out how Fujimoto could be a Satanist. After a while, Rin fell asleep, getting away from the reality of his world.


AN: HEY EVERYONE! ONCE AGAIN REALLY SORRY FOR THIS BEING A SHORT UPDATE AND FOR IT BEING A WHILE SINCE THE LAST ONE! ITS SHORT CAUSE ITS 3:30AM AND ITS LATE BECAUSE I'VE HAD WRITERS BLOCK D: SRRY! It's short by like 400 words D:

(1) Also called a roundabout. It is NOT one of the giant electric ones that have horses and tigers and stuff to ride on. Look up what a roundabout is if you don't know what I'm talking about.