I. Am. So. Sorry for this extremely late update, and for those who have followed my stories whether it be this one or any of my other one, know that I am thankful for your support,
To those that's left, I don't blame you but I will try to post I little bit more often, I'll try to post at the minimum once or twice a month but honestly life sucks these days and with me starting up the next part to my studies I don't know if I'll get time, but I will try,
Anyway enough of that, here is the next chapter of Demons and to those that might this it a bit rushed I don't blame you honestly I think it is as well but I can't think of anything else to do, I try and add I bit of a background to help explain it more but right now this is all I have,
So without further ado
Enjoy
"Nii-san what, what was that" Yukio asked as he watched the sick green taint pulsate on his arm, and even from where he was standing he could see it crawl up slowly before it settled
"That, that was Satan's punishment for me, you see around 5 years ago,I was captured by Satan's men and tortured for around 3 months before I managed to escape and at the end of each night he personally would shove this liquid down my throat, a week in I found out it was a poison, that deadline is not just our only chance at sealing him it my last chance at sanity, if he manages to recover from his moment of weakness, you will have to kill me cause this poison will take me over," Rin said, he hated seeing the look of grief on his twin's face but he knew that it would be wrong to hide it
"Now you make sense" from behind them the rest of the group were there all looking rather pissed off but Rin could see the fear of losing him again and that made his heart ache, he hated having to cause pain to his loved ones,
"Arthur! Everyone!"Yukio was surprised he didn't hear them but a single glance to Rin and he knew his brother had known all along
"You really have a bad habit, of keeping stuff to yourself, you know that Rin," Shura said as she and Arthur walked up to him
"Show me the mark" The blond Paladin demanded, and after a small discussion with the woman next to him they turn back to Rin, " I can temporarily push it back but it will hurt and this is a one time thing," at this Rin nodded before turning to his brother and asking,
"Yukio, you got something I can bite on"Yukio handed him a handkerchief that was wrapped round a piece of wood he had "thanks"
"Alright"a soft light emitted from the blade Arthur used and although to everyone there is was soothing, to Rin In was like acid, holy light was fatal to demons so lucky -or unlucky depending on how you see it- he was just half but it still hurt. The only thing that kept him holding on is that he could see the miasma being pushed away and could also feel Satan's hold on him waning. After another ten minutes the light faded leaving both parties exhausted "that's…..all…..I can do" Arthur said between gasps of air
"It's shrunk…, thanks Arthur…. you've given me around about….. 3 more weeks as well…. Plus this lowers his control over me" Rin said in a similar fashion. After the pain ebbed away Rin got up and once he got his bearing he realised that they were waiting for an explanation. Sighing he motioned for them to follow, they went back in to the sitting area in the dorms before starting to send glares at Rin, which got worse when they noticed a small smile appear on his face, "Guys one, your glares are like me looking at small kittens trying to glare at me because seriously compared to demon glares your are just adorable, and two I didn't say anything cause I just didn't want to," we have 4 days to find the right sealing spell and necessary ingredients for it that I didn't see it as a big deal," this just ended up cause their glare to become worse and he was about to burst out laughing when Shemi walked up to him
"Did you think we would worry. Nine years Rin, nine years, you've been gone. Do you know how worried we were," at her outburst Rin looked shocked. He never knew that shemi had a set of pipes, or the confidence to use them,
"Nine years in the mortal realm, 27 years in the demon one," Rin said quietly "what a lot of people don't know is that for every year that passes here 3 years past over there, and believe me, leaving was the hardest decision I made l, but I had to go." Rin stood up and went to an open door and looked outside, so much had changed yet still so much stayed the same, "do you know why the demons here allowed me to stayed instead of trying to dragged me back to Satan to be groomed as an heir," he said while still looking out. It's simple really they would hope I would go feral," from this he heard gasps of shock, "you see when a demon goes feral, not rampant like the ones you've dealt with so far, but truly feral, it means it's the start of their maturity, for my powers to stabilise I had to consume a special plant that grows in Gehenna, this would put me in a stasis until maturity finished but for that to happen here, I would have to do one of two thing and would of soon killed myself before doing that," at this confused faces appeared,
"Rin, what you you have to do," Rin turned around and they all shivered at the blank look in his eyes, was it really that bad
"One of two people would have to die for me to stabilise, it would either be a close relative," and at this he looked at Yukio "or someone of high power, say like a paladin," then he turned to Arthur, and since you two were the only ones close to me I think you can connect the dots," this revelation was shocking, if Rin didn't leave one of two people would be dead. Not wanting to see the looks on their faces Rin turned back round, but was promptly shocked at the feeling of someone hugging his back, he angled his face to see it was Shemi, and within seconds he felt something wet, she was crying. "Shemi, what's wrong?" Being in Gehenna dulled some of Rin's human emotions so it took awhile to understand emotional situations like this,
"Why is it always you, why do you always have to sacrifice something," this shocked Rin and when he looked at the others, he could see they had similar thoughts. This shocked Rin to the very core, he didn't realise how much he meant to everyone here,
"I don't mind it really, and I wouldn't really call it a sacrifice," at this everyone was shocked but Rin was just staring at the night sky, " remember what I said before I left, no matter what you think of me, even if you hate me," Rin slowly turned in Shemi's arms a put a hand on her head in comfort before looking up with a soft smile, " no matter what I will protect everyone I care for, thus is my home after all," a cheeky devilish grin appeared on his face as a response to the shocked faces he brought about "come on all of to bed, you have lessons tomorrow right or maybe even missions,"
Just as they were starting to move Rin called on his flames and created a shield, "Mephisto! What the hell," Rin shouted as his flame went out after deflecting the attack and from the sky the all could she the devil floating on his chair laughing away like some maniac, needless to say everyone was pissed off,
"Mephisto was that really necessary," Yukio asked, though shocked to see such level of control over the flame, he was happy to note that his brother's sudden trip improved his skills,
"Oh come now I merely wanted to see how my little brother is," the demon said with his usual playful tone,
"Oh, stuff it, you crazy gambler, if you wanted to test me you would aim an area attack, I swear if any of them had gotten hurt I'll be feeding you the corpse flowers in Gehenna, I'm sure a demon of you caliber would create a potent ingredient," at this Mephisto swallowed in fear,
"Still as brash as ever I see," from behind Mephisto, the earth king come out "I thought that the little trio of yours would have tempered a bit,"
"Amaimon," Rin just sighed "what's this a twisted family gathering of some sort, especially considering that you bluebloods don't accept me as family, so let me skip the formalities and ask straight, what do you want," Rins answer shocked not only the demons but the rest of the exorcists there as well,
"Maybe I spoke to quickly, seems like your tongue has gotten sharper, little brother," Amaimon said with a pleasing smirk
"And it seem you're the carefree moron, oh dearest elder brother," Rin said with sarcasm practically layered on the words, what's more his reply just seemed to egg on the older demon so he decided to stop it there and then, "if you two are just going to hang around like a pair of angels looking for heavens entrance, you do that but we are tired and want to sleep, so speak or shut up and leave," silence was all that was there, and with in 3 seconds the two demon slowly lowered themselves to Rin's level,
"You…..you are different Rin Okumura,"
"Yes, I should hope so being chased by a swarm of mid level demons for 27 years would do that to anyone," Rin said with a blank face. Mephisto and Amaimon looked at each other before turning back,
"That was you, we had heard that a demon was being chased in Gehenna but to think it was you all along,"
There was nothing but a blank look on Rin's face as if to say it's their fault that it's happened,
"Nii-san," Yukio said as he came to stand next to his brother, and instantly Rin got the message and looked back to the pureblooded demons,
"Well what do you want we haven't got all night," in and instant the two became serious,
"You are serious in sealing Our Father," Amaimon, said "you know one of the others are just going to take the mantle," at this Rin smirked,
"The only way for that to happen is for Satan to lose in a fair, and I do mean fair by human standards, battle, you know the rules, the title of Satan is given to one who has defeated the current Satan in battle and received the 3 treasured fruits," suddenly Rin's flames activated and out of nowhere where two fruits, "if push comes to shove I promptly take the title myself and recall all demons back," an evil smirk appeared on the half demon's face, and although it didn't scare his friend it did worry them, if Rin takes the title of Satan he would be forced to stay in Gehenna wouldn't he, well it would either be that or he would be killed on sight,
"You want a target in your back," Mephisto asked questioning his half brother's sanity, and got even more worried when all forms of emotion was erased from his face,
"I already have a target on back, this one would just make it bigger,plus it's only a maybe, I may not like demons but they are needed to stop humans getting cocky, I've seen what happens when people don't realise that there are bigger and badder fish out there, then when exorcists are there to keep demons in check and human are there to keep exorcists sane, it's a lovely little cycle that was made and almost broken by the current Satan with his obsession of trying to fill my mother's wish," at his explanation Arthur looked deep in thought
"Okumura, you believe demons keep humans under control, why?" The question shocked Rin, since he wasn't expecting it, he blinked once, twice before sighing,
"I suppose everyone wants an explanation on why I think this," at this everyone, including Mephisto and Amaimon, nodded "Ok, lets go back in the living room and I'll explain," after going back into the living room and everyone settled in their places Rin started his explanation, "ok so while is was away I looked up various reasons why demons would come to Assiah and cause havoc instead of outright destroying the place, I means just think about it they have demon KINGS and this world is still standing, turns out there's a threeway treaty, this is between the demons, the mortals and the holy realms, and to put bluntly, the mortal realm is needs the demons to ensure they stay alive and a prime example of this is World War One and Two, according to the texts I found during these years one side took what was essentially a break, for WW1 it was the holy side and for 2 it was the demon side, in fact they were scrabbling to get thing settled again since humanity messed with the balance," when he stopped everyone turned to the two demons in the room and to their surprise they were just as shocked,
"The information was sealed guys, any and all evidence of the treat was locked up in all three realms the only being that knows is God, essentially, the treaty was a soul binding one between the first Satan, God and the The first Head of the Vatican," everyone were shocked, was everything a lie, "I know what your all thinking and no it's not a lie, the demons you guys face are what you call outliers, they are demon who have either A- run astray from Gehenna or B- ones who have been consumed by human emotions and it's taken over their being and need to be taken down, the whole point of it was to help man grow, and what better way then through the sins and virtues of man itself, and to be fully honest that's all I know the rest of the texts are either illegible or in a language I don't know,"
After giving everyone the information he stood to make something calming to drink and small to snack on, it was nice coming home but Rin didn't know if I could be his home, with a quiet sigh he carried on cooking, it was around 15 minutes later that Shemi came in, and with a quiet voice said
"Rin, do you need some help," her soft tone helped ease the tension in his shoulders and he didn't even know he was tense, but she still noticed the change in his demeanour and to his surprise went and hugged him from behind, "I really missed you, when you disappeared, I thought we had hurt you," her arms tightened slightly and he could feel wetness on his back, " please don't leave us, don't leave me," slowly he turned in her arms and put a hand on her cheek, she looked up to see a sad smile,
"You know being there was hard, but what kept me going was knowing that training there could help me protect everyone, especially you and Yukio," slowly he enveloped her in his arms "I've missed you as well Shemi," to this the young girl hugged Rin even tighter, and slowly he pulled back, but still that sad smile,
"Rin, why do you look at me like that, why do seem so sad yet so happy, why hold me close yet make me feel like I'm miles away," Rin looked shocked,
"Shemi, while I was away I realised one thing and that was that I can never have a family not one of my own, Yukio is fine, while I was in Gehenna I managed to find away to seal demonic side away and it wouldn't pass to any kids he may have but I was too far gone, to seal my demon side was the equivalent to basically killing myself slowly, so I decided to never have a family of my own, meaning even if I fall in love with someone, they will never be mine," to this Shemi cried slowly backed away and ran out of the room and with that a single tear fell down Rin's face,
"Nii-san what happened why did Shemi just run out," Rin looked at his little brother, with a soft smile,
"It's nothing, she asked me something and I told her the truth," Yukio frowned, Shemi wasn't one to get upset when someone tells her something truthfully, if anything she took in stride,
"What was it about,"
"When I was in Gehenna I found a ritual that would seal-up half demons, I used for you already don't worry, you probably had one week of suddenly being really tired and slow before you adjusted back to normal, right?" At this Yukio nodded, it was nice to know what had caused that sudden change but what did this have to do with Shemi, " it means that it won't pass on to any kids you have, unless you get a demon spouse your kids will 100% human," now Yukio understood
"You couldn't do it for your self, could you" When Rin nodded, Yukio felt his world crumble, his brother would never have someone, he would knew Rin, if he didn't want something to happen he would take all measures to prevent it, "You won't allow yourself to have a family," at his nod Yukio moved towards his brother and hugged him tightly, all while saying was sorry under his breath.
Rin stood there shocked again by the closeness of another's body before hugging back and whispered his assurances to his twin, it was nice to know that even though he couldn't have a family all to his own he still had his brother and for that Rin was grateful. A few moments later he and Yukio went back into the living room with snacks and calming drinks for everyone, he could see that everyone was still trying to get their heads round the revelations he just gave them, so he decided to medicate a bit but before he could he heard his name being called, looking up he saw Shemi and she asked if he could talk in private, he nodded, put his drink down and went with her to the kitchen,
"I thought about what you said, and too be fully honest I don't care. No Rin listen," Shemi said sternly before Rin could say anything, "before you left I saw you a friend I could count on the older brother of a puppy love that I could come and talk to when life got hard and you would listen, but after when you left these nine years taught me that I was too reliant on you and slowly I did develop a crush on you, and soon enough I knew that I wanted you for all you are demon and human," Shemi closed her eyes for a moment and remembered the times Rin was there for her before opening her eyes with strong determination Rin had only seen a few time before "I love you Rin, no matter what, and I refuse to let you sacrifice your own happiness, not again," a small but soft smile appeared as she gently touched his cheek, "no matter how many time you push me away I will always stand by your side and love you," She then did something that truly shocked him, she laid a small kiss on his lips then left the room, leaving a stunned Rin to try and figure out what just happened and when it did Bon walked in to see him go bright red making him look like a ripened tomato
"Whoa, what happened to you," Bon said but it was obvious that he already knew,
"I just realised that the little tiger cub knew before has grown to be quite the tigeress," and all he heard was Bon scoff
"Of course, and you wanna know why," seeing the nod he carried on "you, you damn moron, the crush she had on your brother died quite quickly when she realised she loved you a lot more, well that and she also realised that Yukio was a brother figure to her,"
This shocked Rin, but also made his heart feel heavy,
"But I can't, I can't forced her to wait for me, I can't do that to her, I can't give her what she wants," Rin slide to the ground in turmoil; true she loved Shemi, deeply, she was everything he could want but one thing stood out. She was human and even though he was only half demon the fact that he inherited the royal blue flames means that it's a high chance that any kids he has would also inherit them and that would kill the mother at delivery, unless she was a demon,
"Are you saying that you won't even try," Bon said with a sharp tone
"You don't get it Bon, any human pregnancy prevention won't work my flames would just burn through them and if Shemi got pregnant it's a high chance the kid would kill her the moment she delivers them," Rin shouted at him, at this Bon was shocked but realised why Rin was reluctant, "you don't want to lose her after you just get her," Bon said and unknown to the both of them everyone heard,
"Why do you think my mother died, it wasn't that Satan possessed her, I burned inside out as a baby," Rin said shocking everyone, "unless you're a demon the blue flames destroy any and all bearers and if you are a demon it's a higher chance to come out as the mother's species instead of Satan's," when Rin looked up Bon couldn't help but feel sorry for the young man, he could see that Rin loved Shemi but would rather never have her than lose her to flames similar to his own, when he turned he saw everyone else shocked and Shemi crying, before she lunged and the half demon,
"Shemi! What are yo-", before he could say anything she silenced him with her own lips and only pulled away when they were starving for breath,
"No matter what Rin I will not leave you," Shemi said with tears still running down her cheeks
"But I-" Rin started to say but found the words stuck in his throat, the woman he loved was there but he couldn't have her, "I don't want to lose you," he said as tears fell, "I can't lose another person, not again" this confession broke the entire groups hearts, and shattered Shemi's. She could see now the the strong and valiant persona that Rin played was just that a persona, and behind it hide a boy desperate for family, but knew that anyone he did love would be ripped away from him every single time so he didn't get close to anyone, he refused to,
"Oh Rin, my dear sweet Rin, it would take both that Vatican, Satan and God teaming up to take me away and even then I will be fighting them every step of the way," Shemi said shocking the older twin as her arms wrapped round him, "I will never leave you," This was the final strike that sent the walls Rin was trying to build, to protect himself and the people he cared for, tumbling and he didn't seem to mind, but suddenly an sharp erupted from Rin's arm causing to scream and all he could hear was the panicked voices of those around him, including Mephisto and Amaimon, then everything went black.
