As the sun rose over the city, Rin, Kuro, and the newly demonised Yukio watched in relief. Finally, the horror and pain-filled night was over. But that didn't mean that every event from the previous day and night had no impact on the present. Rin suddenly groaned, collapsing forwards on Kuro's back, and wrapping his arms around his middle. "Rin!" Kuro cried in worry. "Big Brother, are you okay?!" Yukio demanded, reaching out to his Older Twin. That's when he saw the blood leaking from the wound on his side- a wound made by an Exorcist bullet. His eyes widened in horror and guilt, "oh God, that's- Kuro! Get us to the hospital now!" Yukio ordered, pulling Rin back into him. "R-right! Just hold on Rin! We'll get you help soon!" the Demon Cat called. As his Brother's Familiar flew through the sky, Yukio could only hold his twin close and hope that they would make it in time, "Just hold on Rin, try to breath slowly and deeply, okay?" Yukio asked, voice shaking only slightly. "Y-Yukio- it hurts" the dark blue-haired half-demon groaned, trying to shift in his twin's hold.
"No! stay still, you have to, okay? Even if you can survive massive blood loss, I don't want you losing any more blood than you have to, understand? Please, I know it hurts, and I'm so sorry, but I promise you that you'll be okay. I'm not going to let you die, do you hear me Big Brother?!" Yukio demanded. Rin winced, "not so loud in my ear, I'm so tired" the older brother moaned. As the newly awakened Demon cradled his injured brother in his arms, he tried to make the older Demon as comfortable as possible. The brown-haired boy was doing his best to stay calm, after all, he was a Doctor himself and he needed to keep Rin calm, but the intense guilt he felt for not being able to stop Satan from shooting his Older Brother, not to mention letting that other bastard torture Rin to the point of death over and over again in order to get enough blood to open the Gehena Gate weighed heavily on his heart and threatened to drag him down into a depression. 'No! I don't have time for that, Rin needs me!' he thought. "Hey, the others are down there!" Kuro suddenly called. Yukio looked down and sure enough, he saw Bon, Konekomaru, Shiemi, Shura, Izumo and Shima staring up at them. "Heeeeeey!" Bon called, waving.
"Kuro, can you get closer to the ground so that I can tell everyone what's going on?" Yukio asked. "Sure I can, just make it quick, okay?" the two-tailed Demon cat replied, dutifully moving lower. Everyone ran over and began yelling questions, but Yukio silenced them all with a gunshot into the air. Everyone immediately became silent, "thank you, now, we're taking Rin to the hospital on campus. Not only did he lose massive amounts of blood due to Ernest's insane plan," Yukio grimaced slightly, but continued almost immediately, "but he has also been shot with an exorcist bullet. I want all of you to meet us there, okay?" the Teacher ordered. Everyone nodded, except for Shura, who crossed her arms, "don't tell me what to do Chicken! But sure, I guess I can head on over to the Hospital too" she grumbled. As soon as everyone was in agreement, Kuro was off again, the movement causing Rin to groan. Yukio took off his jacket and applied pressure on the bullet wounds, as the bullet in question had gone straight through his Brother's body.
'Thank God. At least that mean's that he won't have any Holy Water inside him. That's the last thing we need at this point.' The brown-haired twin thought. As they made their way towards the Hospital, Yukio could only hold Rin tightly and pray that he wouldn't lose him too.
Blue Exorcist
Soon they made it to the hospital, and as his Master/friend's Younger Brother climbed off his back, Kuro returned to his small size, hurriedly following after Yukio as he rushed into the hospital carrying his injured Brother. "Hey! I need a stretcher over here!" the half-Demon called. Many of the Doctor's and Nurses recognised the young Exorcist Doctor, and if they were shocked by his new appearance, they didn't say anything. One Nurse brought over a stretcher and Yukio gently laid Rin out onto it, being careful of his side and tail, "what happened Sir?" a Junior Nurse asked as the young man walked briskly beside his Brother's bed. "He has suffered massive blood loss due to overwhelming internal bleeding and also was shot by an Exorsist bullet. It seemed to have gone all the way through, so we shouldn't have to worry about that. His body should have healed most of the damage by now, except for the bullet wound. However, you can use my blood for a transfusion as we are twins and I recently awoke my dormant Demonic genes, so it should be the best match possible" Yukio explained, feeling calmer about the situation now that he knew Rin would be safe and get the help that he needed.
The Nurse nodded, "understood Sir, we'll begin set up for the blood transfusion right away." She said, hurrying away with a few other woman and men as another Doctor came up. He was well known around the Campus, and was paid a generous sum of money for his services at the hospital. "Are you alright Doctor Okumera?" the man asked. Yukio nodded, "I'll be fine as soon as we make sure that Rin's life is no longer in danger" he replied seriously. Soon, both brothers were out of sight.
Blue Exorcist
When Rin and Yukio's friends finally made it to the hospital hours later, Bon stalked up to the Receptionist, although Konekomaru tried to calm him down, "Rin Okumera, where is he, is he okay?!" the Exwire demanded. The woman reeled back a bit, seeming nervous. Shiemi tried instead, "hello, could you please tell us what room Rin Okumera might be in please?" the blond-haired girl asked. The Receptionist turned to the small girl in relief, "Rin Okumera is in room 102 and Yukio Okumera is in his brother's room" she explained. Shiemi smiled and bowed in gratitude, "thank you very much" she replied, before all the young Exorcist's-in-training hurried off to find their friends.
They found Yukio sitting at his brother's bedside, exhaustion evident, though he tried to fight the closing of his eyes and the slumping of his shoulders. It wasn't the first time he'd pulled an all-nighter, but nothing he'd ever done all night had ever been as stressful as this. "Yuki, Rin!" Shiemi called, as everyone hurried over to examine the two boys. Yukio perked up upon hearing Shiemi's voice and turned to see his and Rin's friends surrounding him and his brother's bed, "are you two okay?!", "what happened?!", "is Rin going to be alright?!" were just a few of the questions that his students demanded. With his new Demonic senses, especially his hearing, all of their voices pounded painfully inside his head. "Enough!" the Teacher cried, silencing everyone at once, "all of you calm down and talk quieter, this is a Hospital, and people are trying to rest, not the least of which being Rin, alright?" Yukio hissed. Everyone nodded, looking ashamed. The Brown-haired half-Demon glanced at his sleeping brother, before turning to look at his students, "now, quietly and one at a time, ask your questions" he said softly, but still with an edge of warning to his voice that promised punishment on whoever disturbed Rin.
"How 'bout we start with what the HELL that bastard of a Priest did to Okumera?!" Bon hissed angrily, glancing at the multiple bags of blood hanging on the IV stand waiting for their turn to be emptied into the blue-haired half-demon's body. Yukio winced sharply, glancing at his sleeping brother, who's internal injuries had finally healed since he was brought here. Now the only problem was with giving him enough blood to help in the recovery process. Of course, Rin's Demonic healing was helping with his blood recovery, but the amount he lost was still horrifying to think about. The younger twin sighed wearily and nodded, "alright, you deserve to know the truth, starting from when Rin was captured to right now" Yukio replied.
(Timeskip)
After the Teacher had finished telling his story, everyone was simply sitting on their seats, silent with shock and horror. Shiemi was crying, Izumo was hyper-focused on the drip that was returning blood to Rin's body, Konekomaru was in shock, Shima was shuddering at the information they'd been given, and Bon was barely restraining himself from punching something until he felt better, "damn it! what the Hell kind of person does that to their own family?!" he snarled, thinking about what Ernest had done to not only Rin, but to his own Daughter, just because she happened to sympathise with a Satan that hadn't actually killed anyone on purpose yet, and, according to the memories Yukio had gotten from the King of Demons while he had been possessed, had caused the Blue Night by accident while trying to find and save his lover and Sons from being burnt at the stake!
As much as he wanted to and still did hate Satan for all the horrible things he'd done, he'd apparently cared very much about his family, and only wanted to protect them. Because, despite everything, Ernest was looking like much more like a Devil at this point. "I can't believe he would *sob* do s-something so, horrible and cruel to Rin *sob* for something he couldn't control and wanted no part of in the first place!" Shiemi cried, wanting nothing more than to comfort her friends, but having no idea how to. "I can't believe that you got possessed by Satan and you still survived! Not only that, but you were able to force him out of you!" Koneko exclaimed in shock. "He was going to kill Rin! I couldn't just let him shoot my Big Brother! I tried to fight him as much as I could after the first shot, but if it hadn't been for Rin, I probably would have shot myself trying to protect him" Yukio replied indignantly at first, before continuing more quietly after the first two exclamations. Shiemi hugged the younger twin, "well, no matter what, *sniff* remember that we'll all be here for you two whenever you need us, okay?" the blond girl asked, having finally managed to calm down from her crying.
After a few more hours, the Exwire's left the Hospital, leaving Yukio alone with the still unconscious Rin. As the newly awakened Demon sat by his Brother's bedside, he couldn't help but feel that same horrible guilt from earlier resurface. He remembered the whole night in vivid detail. Hell, the events were probably seared into his brain. Yukio tore off his glasses and covered his face with his hands, "what the Hell was wrong with me? How could I let something like that happen?" he whispered. Now that his students had left and he was alone with his thoughts, the guilt was a hundred times stronger. The younger boy clenched teeth that now came to a point, as his new tail curled itself around his waist, in an unconscious attempt to comfort himself. The images of Rin tied to that cross, screaming and thrashing as he coughed up blood continued to flash through his mind, and Yukio knew that he wouldn't be getting any sleep that night, "I'm so sorry Rin. I'm so sorry Dad!" Yukio whimpered in his attempts to keep his cries as silent as possible so as not to wake up his Brother. "I swear that I'll do better from now on. For both our sakes *sniff*!"
Blue Exorcist
Rin slowly regained conscious thought and found himself floating in a sea of nothing. The emptiness surrounding him may have been a welcome relief from the overwhelming agony he'd been in before, but the complete lack of anything beside himself was unnerving enough to override that sense of relief. 'Am I dead?' he thought. The thought scared him. What if he went straight to Gahena after dying? What if this was his own personal Hell?! 'No, stop that. I'm not dead. I'm sure I was alive before. Besides, if this is meant to be Gahena, where's that Bastard who calls himself our Father? Shouldn't he be here, gloating about finally getting his hands on me?' Rin let his thoughts wander, deciding not to jump to conclusions until something happened to confirm or deny them. 'I want to find out where I am and what happened to me, but I'm so tired. I'm sure a bit of sleep wouldn't hurt' he thought. Then, just as slowly as his consciousness returned to him, it faded again.
Blue Exorcist
Yukio jerked awake from his poor slumber as a half-remembered nightmare swirled in his mind. He shook his head as it throbbed, before reaching up to rub his forehead as he felt a headache coming on. He glanced tiredly around the dark Hospital room. Everything was quiet except for the beeping of the machine tracking Rin's vitals and the steady dripping of his blood flowing into his Brother's veins. The brown-haired Demon stretched until he felt like his back was in alignment again, before leaning down to take his twin's hand, 'I know that you need your rest in order to heal properly. I probably know that better than anyone. But please, I need to know that you're alright. At least give me some kind of sign that this is helping you Rin. Please Big Brother!' he thought desperately, rubbing soothing circles into the back of Rin's hand. Nothing happened. Yukio closed his eyes in pain and bent his head, "I'm so sorry Rin, really. I don't care if you hate me now. Please, just wake up! Don't leave me Big Brother, you're the only family I have left. I can't do this without you!" he whispered, closing his eyes in prayer, 'dear God, I know I, of all people have no right to ask this of you, but please- don't take Rin from me too, I'm begging you! He's my Big Brother and I love him! Just, let him wake up!' the younger twin begged desperately.
With his eyes closed, Yukio didn't notice as the fingers of Rin's other hand, the one currently lying flat on the bed with an IV drip in the back of it twitched.
To Be Continued