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"Alright, pencils down and hand in your tests." Yukio said, watching as a few of his students let out a few breaths when they put their pencils down. As he collected the papers, he let his eyes look towards the closed door, a little surprised his younger brother hadn't barged in at all on them. Today was the second day of their camp and since the first day Rin had enjoyed the company of the others, often searching for them when he either needed help with his work or just to play or talk to. He did sometimes ask them what they were doing when Yukio was teaching them, since he had closed the door, but they were usually able to get Rin off track of the original question easily.

He knows his brother is very happy to have more people to cook for, that's for sure.

"Come on Paku, let's go take a bath." Izumo said, standing up with Paku following.

"Oh!...Um...I...I think I'll go too!" Shiemi squeaked as she scrambled to stand up. Izumo gave her a look over her shoulder but otherwise continued towards the closed door. When they opened it, they watched as Kuro dashed inside with a soft meow. They watched as he dashed through the room and hid before the three girls continued to leave through the door.

"So...the girls are taking a bath, huh?" Shima said, leaning back where he sat with a smirk. "Maybe we should take a peak."

"Shima, you're a monk!" Suguro growled.

"Shima, your bad habits are showing." Konekomaru sighed, shaking his head at his friend's behavior.

"May I remind you a teacher is here?" Yukio spoke up making the others look at him. "Not only that but you are not allowed to do such behavior with my brother in the building."

"Oh come now Mr. Okumura." Shima said, standing up to lean against his teacher's shoulder. "I mean, you're a teen too! Besides, Rin will never know that you decided to-"

"Kuro!" They jumped at the sudden shout as quick footsteps came up to the now open door. "Kuro, are you in here?!" Looking over at the door, they watched as a smiling Rin entered, looking back and forth for the cat sidhe and running around the room. He pouted when he couldn't find the cat and turned to look at the four teens in the room.

"Do any of you know where Kuro is?" He asked with a tilt of his head.

"No, sorry." Yukio said with a soft smile on his face, it growing a bit larger when his brother's pout deepened.

"You're not lying, are you?" The eight-year-old huffed.

"No, I'm not lying."

"Why don't I help you look for him?" Shima asked with a smile.

"Really!?" Rin exclaimed with a large smile now on his face.

"Yeah!" Shima replied. "I'll help you look everywhere!"

"Shima." Yukio warned, a dangerous glint shining on his glasses making Shima's sweat drop.

"Hehe, don't worry, I'll behave." Rin just continued smiling and reached forward to grab Shima's hand and started to drag him after him as he left the room.

"Come on! We have to find Kuro!"

Yukio smiled after them, unable to keep it off his face at his brother's energy and joy.

"He's just a ball of energy isn't he?" Suguro spoke up but when Yukio looked at him, he saw the amused look on his face.

"Yes, yes he is."

"I already checked this hallway though." Rin huffed as he and Shima walked down one of the halls.

"Hmm, well, maybe Kuro snuck past you." Shima said, ruffling Rin's hair when he saw the pout on his face. "Come on, I'm sure we'll find him." He was about to look in a nearby door when a scream from down the hall took his and Rin's attention.

"What was that?" Rin asked, about to go towards the screams only for Shima to stop him and crouch down so he could look Rin in the eyes.

"Rin, I need you to go get your brother and tell him what happened, ok?"

"But-"

"No buts." Shima said with a shake of his head. "Just go get your brother, ok?" When he got a nod from the young boy he smiled. "Good. Don't worry, everything will be fine." With that he let go of the boy's shoulders and dashed down in the direction of the screams.

Rin looked after him, wanting to go see what happened, before turning around and running back in the direction he and Shima had come from before hand. Running as fast as his short legs could make him, he ran into the room where a shocked Yukio, Konekomaru, and Suguro stared at him.

"Nii-san!" Rin exclaimed and he ran forward and began to tug his brother with him. "You have to hurry!"

"Rin? Wha-"

"Someone is scared!" He cried, pulling harder on his brother's sleeve. "Shima and I were walking down the hallway looking for Kuro when we heard someone scream!I think it was Izumo or one of them, but I'm not sure! Shima told me to get you and that everything would be ok and that it would be taken care of and you need to do something Nii-san!" Rin cried, tears appearing in his eyes from his emotions.

Yukio's eyes turned dark and he looked to Suguro and Konekomaru, motioning for them to go ahead of him. When they did, he knelt down before his brother and placed a hand on his shoulder., giving him a tight smile. "Don't worry, everything will be ok, alright? Just stay here while I go take care of it."

"Can I help?" Yukio shook his head.

"No, I don't want you to see anything bad or get hurt incase something bad happened, ok? Can you stay here and be brave for me?" Rin gave a nod in reply. "Good, now I'll be back. Stay here until it's clear."

With that, Yukio ran off, knowing pretty well where he would find his students. As he barged into the bathroom, he found his exwires holding back a naberius while Shiemi was tending to a wounded Paku and Izumo seemingly frozen on the spot. Pulling out his guns, Yukio didn't hesitate to shoot the demon that was attacking his students.

The bullets hit the creature and it let out a cry as it backed away before jumping over the shower wall and climbing through one of the high windows. While he was upset he hadn't been able to completely exorcise the demon, he brushed it aside to tend to his students.

"Yuki! I-I did what I could…" Shiemi trailed off and Yukio directed his gaze to Paku. He took in the quick patchwork job of first aid and nodded his approval.

"You did very well Shiemi. I doubt she would have been able to survive if it wasn't for your quick work." He looked to the rest of his students. "Is everyone else alright?"

"Yeah, the thing was only able to burn Paku before you showed up." Suguro answered with a grim look on his face.

"Where's Rin?" Konekomaru asked, worried for the young boy who couldn't see demons. "Is he safe? I know we weren't able to exorcise the demon, so if it's still here-"

"He should be safe if he listens to me." Yukio replied as he looked at all the teens here. One thing he noticed was that Izumo was nowhere in his sights. "But I shouldn't take the chance as well. Suguro, help me get Paku to her room. Shiemi, see if you can find Izumo. If you can't join me upstairs with aiding me with Paku. Meanwhile, can you go check on my brother, Konekomaru? He should still be in the room where I left him. I would like him to be safe, but Paku needs my attention at the moment. Shima, go with him just incase the demon is still around. Come and get me if anything happens."

They nodded in response to his orders and as Shiemi began to check the destroyed room for Izumo, Suguro and Yukio began to gently lift Paku into their arms. Shima and Konekomaru took one last look at them all before dashing out of the door of the girl's washroom

Rin sat on the low table in the room his brother had left him in, swinging his legs in boredom. He wanted to be able to help them, but he didn't know how. Plus, Yukio told him to stay here and that he would fix it, and while he trusted his brother, he was also scared. What if something happened? Everyone seemed so worried and he had no idea of what could have happened.

Rin shook his head. They would be fine. He trusted his older brother to fix things and to make sure everything was ok.

His eyes suddenly darted to the closed door when he heard a creak from outside of it. He waited when he heard another creak of the floorboards, expecting to see either Yukio or one of the other teens open the door and tell him everything was ok now. But, after a few seconds, when nothing happened, he tilted his head in confusion and hopped off of the table. Walking over to the door, he pulled it open slightly and peeked outside, only to be confused even more when he saw no one out side, yet he could still hear creaking.

"Hello?" He called out, opening the door wider and looking around the hallway for any sign of one of the others. "Nii-san? Is anyone there?"

Suddenly, he heard a shuffle to his left and for a moment his breath caught in his throat. Before him was a large creature that seemed to be made up of some rotting substance that was stitched together. A tar like substance dripped from it on occasion and it gave a low moan. A garbled language came from it, but Rin paid no attention to any of the words he could have almost made out as he was too afraid when it stepped towards him.

"AHHH!"

Rin turned around and slammed the door closed behind him. He listened, trying to see if there was any sign of the demon like creature standing outside of the door. He froze when he heard a shuffle and braced himself against the wall, terrified to open the door and see the creature again. That is, until he heard a soft meow on the other side of the door.

Eyes wide, he flung the door open and looked down at see Kuro sitting there with a tilted head.

"Kuro! Get inside quick there's a mon...ster?" His voice trailed off when he saw no sign of the creature, not even the tar substance that had dripped on the ground could be seen. If this should have comforted him, it didn't. He was still terrified because he had no idea what had happened to the creature and he began trembling where he stood. He wanted to be brave, but he didn't know how.

But he did know he wanted his brother.

"Y-Yu...kio." He whimpered out and he sat down near Kuro. Kuro meowed and bumped against him, trying to comfort the other. He had seen the naberius when he heard it coming down the hall and had destroyed it before it could hurt Rin, but he didn't know how to comfort the boy now. To tell him that everything was alright. He caught sight of a slight flicker of blue around the boy as he got scared and attempted to calm him down before something happened.

Kuro tried to let out soothing purrs and it seemed to start working until they heard footsteps coming down the hall. Rin tensed and Kuro growled beside him, ready to defend the young boy, when they both saw Shima and Konekomaru turn the corner and see them.

"Rin!" Konekomaru exclaimed as he and Shima ran over and knelt by the boy's side. "Are you alright? Are you hurt?" They could see a little bit of the fluid that came from the naberius on the floor, but it didn't appear to be anywhere near by. Shima looked around and his eyes fell on Kuro who was besides Rin, seemingly not worried about danger being nearby.

"I'm scared!" Rin replied to Konekomaru, jumping up and clinging to his shirt. "There was a really big monster and it looked bad and had tar stuff and it tried to speak to me and come after me, so I hid and it was really really scary!"

A worried look crossed both of their faces and they exchanged a look before Konekomaru turned back to Rin and placed his hands on his shoulders, pushing him back slightly so he could look him in the eye. As much as they wanted to ask him where it went, they also promised Yukio they would try to keep these things from Rin.

"Don't worry Rin, I'm sure it was just your imagination." Konekomaru said, trying to sound convincing even though he didn't even believe what he was saying. "You were probably just scared for us so your mind started playing tricks on you."

"But I saw it!" Rin cried out.

"Hey, hey, calm down, it's alright." Shima said, dropping down besides them and getting Rin to look at him. "Is it still here now?"

"Shima-"

Shima held up a hand to stop Konekomaru's protest before continuing to look at Rin. "Do you see it anywhere or see any sign of it?"

Rin bit his lip before shaking his head. "No...it just vanished. It even took the gooey stuff too."

Shima smiled. "See, it was just in your head." But both he and Konekomaru were relieved that Rin couldn't see it or the remains of it. They could also see no signs of any wounds on the child so they could take comfort in that.

Rin remained silent after Shima's words before he clenched his eyes shut and mumbled something they couldn't here.

"What was that?" Shima asked.

"I...I want Nii-san." Rin whispered, not looking at them.

"That's fine." Konekomaru said with a soft smile, getting Rin to look at him. "We can take you to see your brother."

Rin gave a small smile before standing up on shaky legs.

Shima shook his head and gave Rin a smile. "That won't do, we want to find your brother quickly right?" He got a nod. "Then is it alright if I pick you up?" Another nod. "Ok, do you want a piggy-back-ride or for me to carry you?" He waited as Rin made his decision before the young boy held his arms up.

"...C-Carry me please." He stuttered out.

"Alright."

Shima bent down and picked the young boy up, placing a hand on his back when he gripped onto his shirt and placed his head in his shoulder. Konekomaru looked up at them with a worried face and Shima gave a slight smile in return.

"Lead the way Koneko."

So that was that! I should hopefully get the next one up soon!

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