The sequel to the previous chapter that shows Rin helping his son get used to his new life and meeting his Uncle and younger twin sister. HouseForLife had asked for this and I was actually planning on doing it sometime later after a Rin-centric chapter, but then I wrote this and I thought, 'what the hell it's already written.'
If you guys want more of this AU version of Yun and Rin I would be happy to write more. The next time I'll probably write this AU story it might be in Yun's POV to show his progress with his family and he may have even started school. Who knows?
The reason I haven't updated in a while is because I've been playing Persona 3 FES (I'm addicted to it) and I wanna play 4 and 5 now. So playing games has taken writing out of my schedule though since I've nearly finished the game I'll be back but I'll probably get Persona 4 soon. But another reason is I haven't really had a lot of ideas floating around for an update on either this fic or 'Stop, Time', so be patient. I really wanna do a Persona 3 and Blue Exorcist Crossover too, but I'm afraid I won't have the motivation to continue it so I might make it a oneshot. I don't know yet.
Those are just some notes to tell you guys what I've been up to and why I haven't updated in a while. Be patient with me. Writing takes time as well as creativity.
Anyways hope you enjoy!
Story 6: Beyond The Door Part 2
"I'm going to take you away from here, okay?" I asked the teen that was still clinging to my shirt. He looked up at me with his curious blue eyes. He was confused, but I could tell he was curious as well. He probably had never been out of this little cell before. "I want you to stay by me and not run off."
He nodded at me and clung to my shirt which made me smile, slightly. He was like a little kid that was attached to their parent, but because he never knew he had any I could understand his attachment to me. However because of his age he's going to have to grow out of it soon.
I led us over to the door and swiped my exorcist license over the scanner. Once the door opened and I walked back into the small lab; my eyes lay on the worried form of my younger brother.
He rushed over to me to see if I was okay and I just waved him off. "Rin, I saw everything from over here!" His eyes then lay on my son; who by now was growling at my twin with little flickers of blue surrounding him. "You're really going to bring him out right now? He doesn't know what he could do."
I just gave my brother a light smile. "True, but neither did I." My gaze went down to the growling teen behind me and I patted his messy blond hair. His growling seemed to cease once I did that. "I had you and Shura to teach me, but ... he had no one. Now that we're here we can help him deal with this."
A smile spread across Yukio's face as he shook his head at me. "I still can't believe your my brother. You've grown up so much." I turned to glare at my twin as a chuckle escaped his lips.
"What the hell does that mean?"
He just shook his head and took his keys out and headed for the door. I followed my brother; muttering a light insult under my breath, but was stopped when my son held onto me quite tightly. I looked back at him to see him looking at the ground with worry in his blue eyes. He was afraid wasn't he? Did he think I'd take him somewhere worse than here? I guess he couldn't really trust me from the short time he's known me, but still I showed him I was part-demon and wasn't a threat. What more does he want?
"What's wrong?"
He was silent for a moment, trying to think of what to say and if he could get the proper words out. "W...Where you ... taking me?"
I stared at him for a minute with surprise on my face before a smile spread across it. "You're new home. My home." This still seemed to fill him with apprehension and I gave him a pat on the head as to not worry him. "Don't worry. It's not a bad place. It's safe."
He blinked at me and then pointed to my brother; who was trying to find the right key for my house and I chuckled. Was he afraid of him because of the exorcist uniform? Yukio may be scary at times, but he's still the same scaredy four-eyes he was when we were little. He wouldn't hurt this kid; especially since he's family.
"He won't hurt you." My son looked up at me in confusion and I just smiled back at him. "I know him better than anyone. He's got my back and I got his. I'm his older brother after all; which makes him your Uncle."
This caused the boy's eyes to widen and he stared at Yukio for a while. I turned back to my brother as he finally got the key in and opened the door. I patted the boy's head and led him through the door into the unfamiliar room. When we got to the other side of the door we were in a long hallway that led to a kitchen and lounge room. The boy beside me blinked at the soft carpet under his bare dirty feet.
"First thing we'll need to do is give you is a bath and then give you some clothes," I told him as I led the confused boy down the hall; past the lounge and kitchen and towards the bathroom.
I took my exorcist coat from my son and ran the warm water into the tub. Once it was halfway, I told him to get in. He had looked confused at first, but did so and had fallen into the water, clumsily. I had to catch him before he hit himself against something. Once he settled down in the tub I had gotten everything I needed and explained to him what he needed to do whenever he took a bath as I showed him. He seemed to be listening, but was too busy relaxing in the water to care. I can understand why. He has possibly not been able to have a single day to relax without having fear that someone will come into his cell and torture him. Now he's able to do that.
He's actually starting to nod off in the dirty, blood soaked water. I chuckle at this and grab a towel and help him out of the water and dry him off as his sleepy eyes look at me in confusion. My brother finally comes in and hands me a soft, white kimono that I put on him and tie around him. He looked at what he was wearing, still confused.
"It's just until we get you proper clothes. It's nice and soft isn't it?"
He nodded at me and yawned; lolling a bit and I caught him. I stood up to my full height and led the young teen out of the bathroom and into my room. He could sleep in my bed until we get him his own.
"You're tired, so you can sleep here until we get you your own bed," I told him and he looked at me, confused once more at the new word and I chuckled. It looks like I got a lot of teaching to do.
I watched as the boy lumbered over to my bed and collapsed on it, curling up and falling quickly asleep. I smiled at seeing this. He was safe now. The only thing I had to do now ... was teach him how to be human not a demon.
The Later Years
An hour later I was sitting at the kitchen table looking through paperwork with Yukio across from me, pointing out things. Please, don't remind me. Being the Paladin is a huge pain in the ass. How did Dad do this? The front door was opened and I looked up to see the smiling face of my daughter run in with a piece of paper. "Dad! Look! I passed!"
"Passed?" I blinked and looked to my brother; who looked just as shocked as me. I looked back to Hana and examined the paper she was holding. The familiar handwriting and drawing on it made me instantly grow pale. "You ... want to go to True Cross?"
She nodded her head at me, ecstatic. "Yea! You and Uncle Yukio went! So I wanna go too! Also there's a Cram School there that you two teach and I wanna see your classes!"
My eye twitched a little at hearing this. Why was she so happy about going to school there? Why did she want to be an exorcist? Why did she want to see our classes so badly? Just so many questions I wanna ask my daughter and I don't think she has the answers.
"Is there a proper reason you want to go there other than the Cram School or that me and Yukio went there?" I asked her and I heard Yukio snicker at me. I glare at him from across the table. I had to give her the Fatherly tone or else how would she learn these things.
I actually don't know when I started being like this.
Yukio probably doesn't either.
Damn...
"Umm ... I heard its a good school..."
My eyebrow lifted at hearing this. She's hiding something. I can tell. "Are you hiding something about why you want to go there, Hana?"
Yukio was now beginning to irritate me with how hard he was trying not to laugh.
Damn him. Being a Dad is hard!
She shifted uncomfortably; her green eyes on the floor, blond pigtails were swaying with her movements. She looked up at me and finally decided to respond, not very determinedly I might add. "I like someone and they're going there, okay!"
I stare at her for a minute, shocked she had the awl to tell me that. She wanted to go to school at True Cross ... just to be with the one she liked.
Yay...
"Hana, you can't go to True Cross just because someone you like is going. These things are called crushes and they're usually one-sided. It's best to go someone else," I explained to her.
"Wow, you said something smart, Rin," Yukio teased me, smirking.
"Shut up, four-eyes..." I growled out at my brother.
I looked back at Hana to see she was giving me a look similar to the puppy-dog look. Please, no. I don't need this now. "But, Daddy..."
"Don't 'Daddy' me," I told her as I turned my head away in defiance. "I'm doing this for your own good. I don't want you to get your feelings hurt." I looked back at my daughter with a bittersweet smile on my face. "Us boys ... we can be cruel to girls sometimes. It's best you wait it out a few years."
She seemed to stare at me for a moment, contemplating what I just said before nodding and smiling at me. However before she could say anything else we heard a stumble and I got out of my chair and rushed towards my room with my brother and daughter following close behind me. When we got to my room; what we saw was certainly a shock.
My son was on the floor, his legs in the air and his hair messy from bedhead. He must've fallen off the bed due to a nightmare or something. I smiled and approached him; helping him up to his knees. "You alright?" He just gave me a silent nod as a reply.
"Other half!" I heard Hana yell and she rushed over to give the boy a hug, but I stopped her by putting my arm out once he started growling at her and his blue flames flickered. "Dad?" She looked at me as if asking why her brother was like this.
"Yukio and I found him in a basement area in Vatican Headquarters. He had been subjected to ... horrible things. He doesn't know a lot a part from that he's a demon. He doesn't know a lot of words and he doesn't know how to act human from the time he spent down there," I explained to my daughter; seeing the distraught and horror clear as day on her face. "He even doesn't know what being around others, love or care feels like. This is the first time he's ever felt it."
I could hear Hana's sobs as she fell on her knees and cried; I tried to soothe her by rubbing her back, but it didn't work. "Name?" This caught my attention and I looked to my son as my daughter asked the one question I had forgotten to ask. Did they give him a name? "What's your name?"
He was silent again like he always is. Until he decided to open his mouth. "Demon..."
I sighed to myself and shook my head. Of course it'd be that. They probably thought not to bother giving him one since he's half-demon and seen as a 'test subject'. I heard Hana try and scoot herself closer to her brother, but he inched away; looking just as afraid as when he met me. "There's no need to be frightened." He looked at me, unsure and then back to Hana. "This is your twin sister, Hana."
She looked over to me with curiosity in her green eyes. "Did you and Mum think up any names for a boy, Dad?"
"Umm ... Yea. We did. It was..." I scratched my head; trying to think of what it was until it came to me. "Ryunosuke."
"That's too long. Why not Yun!" She exclaimed as she turned back to her brother.
He stared at her in surprise and with faint hints of tears in his eyes. He was going to cry again. Oh joy...
"Yun? Never had ... name before..."
Hana just gave him a warm smile before giving her brother a hug. "Well, you have one now!" Her eyes lay on her brothers tail and she went to grab the blond appendage when the teen boy squealed and backed away from her. This just caused her to giggle.
I sighed to myself and shook my head at her antiques. "Hana, you're as bad as you were when you were little."
"I got two tails to go after now; brother's and Daddy's!" She squealed in excitement as she tried to go for mine, but I merely dodged.
"She's got your energy alright," I heard my brother mutter and I scoffed. She sure did while as I looked back at Yun and saw his eyes. There was something hidden within his eyes. These kids are both like me yet they have their own personalities. Yun ... could be more like me than I realise...
