Hey everybody! Ok so look, the last time I did this chapter I hated it. I did this with one of my other stories too. I'm rewriting chapter 6! That's what this is! My chapter 6 rewrite! Also, I know it's been a long time. A really long time. It's just that I got a summer job and I'm working the night shift so I spend a lot of time sleeping, and the rest of my time is spent helping my mom get ready to be married. But! You guys don't care about that! Finally after all this time, here is a better chapter 6!

Disclaimer: I do not own Blue Exorcist or Rosario + Vampire

Chapter Six

Rin didn't know where he was going. He didn't know why he was running. All he knew was he had to keep going. He couldn't let them catch up. He turned around, and he saw something coming after him. Then, all he saw was darkness.

Rin woke up with a jolt. He looked at the glowing numbers next to him on his clock. 2:30. Great. He hadn't had a nightmare like that since his first day at the academy, when he found out that his friends didn't accept him. And then he made new friends and it didn't matter.

Boy was he wrong.

But, it didn't matter. All they knew was that he was kind of terrifying. No big deal.

Right?

Time skip

Kurumu knew something was up with Rin. She could tell from the moment he walked into first period. With his tight smile and tired eyes. She had already expected him to a little tense that morning, but the fact that it had alread spread so far that she could tell how upset he was just by looking at him told her all she needed to know. She finally understood why he didn't want them to know what he was. Who he was.

The last time he came clean he was rejected. That was why he had said that the night before. Those words that were still etched into her mind. It's the only way I can deal with the rejection. She had been confused at the time, but seeing him now, it all made perfect sense.

And now she knew that she needed to tell the others. Because they all needed to be there for him. He needed to be comforted. She knew this now.

And so, with that, she had a newfound resolve to talk to everyone, excluding Rin, about how to show that they cared for him still.

Time skip

Gin was pissed. No, Gin was pissed and seething.

He didn't get it. How could a monster so weak, so pathetic, make him look like such a fool. And in front of so many mouth-dropping girls too! He didn't know how he would make himself seem irresistable now! He had to come up with a plan! He had to-

He stopped dead in his tracks as he saw the newspaper article. The one that was headed Pervert Finally Caught. The one that was featuring a picture of his face.

Well. Shit.

Time skip

Rin was confused, to say the least. For one, when did they have time to write that newspaper article? And secondly, he had been planning on pushing through the grogginess of no sleep and the pain of old wounds to talk to his friends. To do what he said he was going to. To forget what had happened last night. But for some reason, they were avoiding him.

Which, if they figured it out, would make sense. But how would they even do that? All that he had given them was a growl of all things. How the hell would they pull 'Satan's bastard son' from that?!

Rin sighed. Thinking really wasn't his strong suit. Especially when it came to people and why they did the things they did. There was a reason he had a hard time making friends.

Whatever, it didn't matter. Rin would deal with it. It's not like it would be the first time he was alone.

His face scrunched up at the bittersweet memories.

Oh well, at least he was getting some piece from thinking too much.

The quietness was really nice. He could feel himself drifting just out of conciousness...

Only to become completely aware again when he was tackled by what could only have been Kurumu. He let out a low groan, and she quickly scrambled off of him with a worried look on her face.

"I'm so sorry! I didn't hurt you, did I?!" she screamed at him.

"Calm down, Kurumu. I'm fine. What's up?" he asked as he peered up at her from his new spot on the ground.

"Oh, um... well, we've all been talking, and we think we understand why you said what you said." she said with a thoughtful look on her face, completely missing the way Rin tensed at her words.

"Yeah...?" he asked, the tension in his voice realing her back to reality.

"Yeah, we tried to get Ura to come get you, but she said that you wouldn't listen to her because she wouldn't be able to seem comforting enough or something. I don't know, it was a kind of lame excuse, but I just think she doesn't like seeing you like this. None of us do. Which is why," she grabbed his arm and started to pull him in the direction of the girls dormitories, "we decided to talk to you."

"Yeah, ok." Rin said disheartedly. He wasn't in the mood to talk, but he wasn't in the mood to fight against Kurumu, so he just let her drag him away. He barely paid attention the whole walk to Omote's room, but once they were outside her door he made sure to bring himself back to reality. Kurumu pushed her way through the door, announcing their arrival.

"We're here!" And with that everyone was walking over to them. Well, everyone except Ura, who had a thoughtful expression on her face.

Rin had to, once again, remind himself that they couldn't possibly know who he was, no matter how apprehensive they seemed. Once they were all seated in a circle in the living room, Omote began to speak.

"Rin, we noticed you've been acting... strangely... today. And, well, Kurumu said something that made a lot of sense to us." At that, Rin raised his eyebrow in said succubus' direction.

"After what you said last night about... rejection... I kind of figured that it might have been because of a past experience. We think that someone might have found out about what you are and rejected you. Told you something you never wanted to hear come from them, or something along those lines." Rin grew even more tense at every word that left her mouth, two words running through his head after she said her last sentence. Just die.

"We just... wanted to let you know that we would never do anything like that." Tsukune cut in after seeing Rin's obvious discomfort. "You don't have to tell us. We just wanted to let you know that we're not planning on doing anything like that."

"You mean so much to us, and we would never do anything to jeopardize any of our relationships with you. So you could be Satan himself and we wouldn't care!" Yukari said, unwittingly making Rin chuckle.

"Ok, ok.. sorry I made you guys worry. It's just.. a fresh old wound. It's still going to sting, and I know I shouldn't compare you to my other friends, but I couldn't help it!" he finished with a smile, his eye catching Ura's as she gave him a look that said she was happy he wasn't still upset about whatever had managed to bring his mood down last night. He grinned.

He was lucky to have met these people. He wasn't ready to tell them about his heritage yet, but he was getting there. With everyone at the cram school, telling them had been terrifying. Even the idea had made him want to curl into a ball and hide.

But with his friends from Yokai Academy... he was excited to tell them. Because they were willing to overlook what he was and remember who he was.

For the first time since he awoke his powers, he was looking forward to the future and what came with it. His friends here were amazing, understanding. He'd never had that before. Even his brother had-

Rin's smile faltered as his mind wandered, and nobody missed it. If their worried expressions were anything to go by, that is.

"Sorry," he said as he sheepishly rubbed the back of his neck. "Bad memory." He breathed in, and the smell that overwhelmed his senses caused him to come to an abrupt stop.

No. No, no, no, no. No.

Not here. Not now. Why couldn't he just be left alone for two seconds. Why? Why did the god's hate him. Why?!

"Rin?"

"What's wrong?"

"Are you okay?"

He drowned out the sounds of his friends voices as he tried to imagine why he would be here. What reason would he have to folllow him to his new life.

Rin sighed as he finally let the name leave his lips with his voice so low it was barely audible.

"Amaimon."

"Hello, little brother."

Chapter end

Oh. My. God. I did it. I finally got motivated enough to do this. I'm so proud of myself. I'm so proud of anyone who stuck around. And I'm so grateful. If it wasn't for you guys I probably would have just given up on this altogether. So thank you, for helping me get off my lazy ass and do this. But anyways, yay! Amaimon is here! But why? What is going to do? How is he going to do it? And when is he going to do it? Mwahahaah, only I shall know.

Anywho, let me know if you find any mistakes. Criticism is the fastest way to reach success.

Laters!